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Personal info

Full name
ADAMS, Claud
Date of birth
6 November 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Thornton, Letcher County, Kentucky
Hometown
Flemming, Letcher County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35933059
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 37

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Adams (father)
Celia (Blair) Adams (mother)
Lillian Adams (sister)
Billy Adams (brother)
Lady Adams (sister)
Henrietta Adams (sister)
Ruby J. Adams (wife)

More information

Sgt Claud Adams attended high school for two years and was a bartender.

He enlisted at Fort Harrison, Indiana on 11 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives,gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson