Name and Rank, Seaman Second Class Edgar Lee Adams.
Unit/placed; USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56) Carrier, United States Naval Reserve .
Edgar was born on Jan. 10, 1925 in Stephen County, Iowa.
Father, Glen J. Adams.
Mother, .Mildred A. (Baltzley) Adams
Sisters, Juanita M., Mildred E., Evelyn F., Emma J. Glenna, Beverly and Patricia Adams.
Brothers, James D., Jerry and Robert Adams.
Stepbrothers, Martin W. and John E. Baltzley.
Edgar entered the Service from Iowa with service number # 8591542.
Edgar J. Adams rank/duty was a Seaman Second Class in the United States Naval Reserve.
Edgar was Killed in Action when the ship was sunk by a Japanese sub I-175, on Nov. 24, 1943, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
And he is mentioned/buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Courts of the Missing.
Thanks to https://wrecksite.eu/peopleView.aspx?169608
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
