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Personal info

Full name
ADAMS, Louis Daniel
Date of birth
13 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Edgewood, Green County, New York
Hometown
Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33175593
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Tank Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 March 1945
Place of death
Near Oppenheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 20 51

Immediate family

Members
Maurice J. Adams (father)
Ida V. (Messersmith) Adams (mother)
Jennie Adams (sister)
Olive E. Adams (sister)
Iris F. Adams (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Louis D. Adams attended high school for three years and was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 18 March 1942. He was sent overseas in February 1944.
He was killed when his tank met enemy anti-tank fire while attempting to cross the Rhine river.
He is remembered at the Forkston Cemetery in Forkston, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / People of Tunkhannock / 1910/1930 Census / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.findagrave.com – Shane O, www.newspapers.com – The Times Tribune 18 October 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Katherine Dunley / Gail James