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Personal info

Full name
ADAMS, James Homer "Red"
Date of birth
1 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Lucien, Franklin County, Mississippi
Hometown
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34138872
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
A Company,
48th Armored Infantry Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 31 9

Immediate family

Members
James H. Adams (father)
Susan R. (Arnold) Adams (mother)
Anna L. Jester (half-sister)
Reuben E. Jester (half-brother)
Helen R. Jester (half-sister)
Jessie L. Jester (half-sister)
Bonnie M. (Goins) Adams (wife)

More information

T/Sgt James H. Adams enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 6 February 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the heart.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.7tharmddiv.org

Photo source:
www.findagrave.com - Pat Arnold