Rank/Name,  Ensign (Junior Grade) Steven Douglas Adams.

Unit/placed in,  USS Shark II (SS-134) Submarine, United States Navy.

Steven was born  on Nov. 17, 1920 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.

Father, James A. Adams.

Mother, Fannie L. Adams.

Steven entered  the Service from California with service # 0-267865.

Steven was KIA when the Sub was Sunk by a Depth Charge from the Japanese Destroyer IJn  Harukaze, on Oct.  24, 1944, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-shark-174.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/