Korean War
Rank | First Lieutenant U.S. Army |
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Date of Death | August 2 1953 |
National Defense Service Medal
First Lieutenant Adams was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
First Lieutenant Adams was a former enlisted man, selected for Officers Candidate School and commissioned. During the Korean War he was assigned to Headquarters Company, Quartermaster Corps at Camp Drum, New York. On August 2, 1953, he was killed in an automobile accident while going on leave to Herkimer, New York.