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Adams, Edward A.

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Edward A. Adams.

Unit/Placed in, 90th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group (Light).

 

Edward is born in May 26, 1920 in Windham, New Hampshire.

 

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Edward enlisted the service in New Hampshire with service number # 11036100.

 

Edward was KIA they flew against a Mountain near Simbai(Mt Shrader), New Guinea, on March 12, 1944, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Air Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Edward’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a A-20 were;

2nd Lt. Allan W. Garlick Pilot

S/Sgt. Edward A. Adams Gunner

Sgt. George A. Newcomb Photographer

 

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

Wall of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Cemetery on the Hill Windham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA.

 

Thanks to https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/a-20/42-86730.html 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/  

 

SSGT Adams’ remains have been recovered and identified. His name is permanently inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial.

Recoverd
90th Bomber Squadron
3rd Bomber Group
A-20 Douglas Havoc
Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea
Casualty List
His rank Staff Sergeant