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Personal info

Full name
ADAMS, Joseph Frank "Joe"
Date of birth
19 January 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
New Richland, Waseca County, Minnesota
Hometown
New Richland, Waseca County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37189258
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Inglange, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 28 18

Immediate family

Members
Daniel E. Adams (father)
Margaret R. (Haas) Adams (mother)
Mary G. Adams (sister)
Veronica L. Adams (sister)
Edward F. Adams (brother)
John Adams (brother)
Bernadine C. Adams (sister)
Dorothy Adams (triplet sister)
Rosalie Adams (triplet sister)
Margaret A. Adams (sister)
Eleanor Adams (sister)

More information

Sgt Joseph F. Adams was employed at the New Richland Produce Company before he entered the Army in March, 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census / Minnesota Births and Christenings Index, www.findagrave.com – Millicent Dosh

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Mike Linnihan