Adams, Earl Lee – ww2 Pacific

Name and Rank, Private Earl Lee Adams.

Unit/placed in, Coast Artillery Corps, United States Army.

SS DORCHESTER

Dorchester was a troop ship operated by its agent Agwilines allocated to United States Army requirements that was sunk in the Labrador Sea by a torpedo from a German U-boat on February 3, 1943, during World War II. Of the 904 on board, 675 died (674 plus one of the 230 original survivors after being recovered). Dorchester had been sailing to Greenland as part of naval convoy SG 19 when the U-boat attacked.

Earl was born on no record.

Parents and Siblings, no record.

Earl entered the Service from Wyoming with service number # 37453647.

Earl L. Adams rank/duty was a Private in the Coast Artillery Corps.

Earl was KIA when the SS Dorchester (he was a passenger on, in transport to his Base) was torpedoed by the German U-233 on Feb. 3 1943, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.

Earl is mentioned/buried at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County, (Manhattan), New York, USA.

Tablets of the Missing.

Thanks to http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/avc-media/radio/documentaries/no-greater-love-the-four-chaplains-and-the-sinking-of-the-dorchester/

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