Rank/Name, Steward’s Mate First Class Ralph Francis Adams.

Unit/placed, USS Tang (SS-306) Submarine, United States Navy.

Ralph was born  on Jan. 11, 1926 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.

Father, Thomas E. Adams.

Mother, Emma (Logan) Adams.

Ralph F. Adams entered  the service from New Jersey with service # 9066066.

Ralph was KIA  Sunk by circular run of own torpedo, on Oct.  25, 1944 ,  is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

He has a Memorial Grave at Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, Burlington County,
New Jersey, USA.

Thanks to http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/adams-r-f.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/