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Personal info

Full name
ADAMS, Earl Lefay
Date of birth
1 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Thomastown, Leake County, Mississippi
Hometown
Leake County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34614473
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Verdun, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 9

Immediate family

Members
Ellard L. Adams (father)
Ruby E. (Chunn) Adams (mother)
J. T. Adams (brother)
Betty J. Adams (sister)
Lois C. Adams (sister)
Katie M. Adams (sister)
Hugh L. Adams (brother)
Margie Adams (sister)
Betty J. Adams (sister)
Virginia J. (Young) Adams (wife)

More information

Pfc Earl L. Adams worked for the Greenville Sand and Gravel Company before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on 5 January 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Family Trees/ Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger