Rank/Name, Seaman Second Class Johnnie B. Adams Jr.

Unit/placed; USS Boise (CL-47) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Johnnie was born  in 1924 in Texas.

Father, Johnnie B. Adams.

Mother, Pearl M. Adams.

Johnnie entered the Service from Texas with service # 3604268.

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Johnnie was KIA /during a Surface attack the Battle of Cape Esperance, on Oct, 12, 1942 ,  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Johnnie is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/WarDamageReports/WarDamageReportCL47/WarDamageReportCL47.htm Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/