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Personal info

Full name
ADAMS, Albert J
Date of birth
28 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook county, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36716493
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
6th Armored Division,
B Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 January 1945
Place of death
South of Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 64

Immediate family

Members
Stanley F. Adams (father)
Grace (Lindler) Adams (mother)
Stanley J. Adams (brother)
John Adams (brother)

More information

Without any tank support, B Troop was ordered to attack a dug-in German position in the woods east and just south of Bastogne. The attack failed and ten men were killed. Seventeen got wounded. Eventually it took a much stronger force to drive the enemy from the woods.

Pvt Albert J. Adams was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com- Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Jean Louis Vijgen