Rank and Name, Seaman Second Class Calvin Eugene Adams.

Unit/Placed in, USS Belleau Wood (CL-24) Cruise, United States Naval Reserve.

Calvin was born  in 1927 in Tennessee.

Father, Robert E.L. Adams.

Mother, Erma Adams.

Calvin enlisted the service in Tennessee with service number # 7836550.

Calvin was KIA on-board the ship when its was hit by a Kamikaze during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, Philippine  on Oct. 30, 1944, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navysite.de/cvl/cvl24.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/