Name and Rank, Seaman Second Class Herald Adams.
Unit/placed in, Cruiser Scout Squadron 6 (VCS-6), United States Navy.
Herald was born approx. on 1925 in Oregon.
Father, Walter J. Adams.
Born in England.
Mother, Lydia V. Adams.
Born in Finland.
Sisters, Dorothy and Lily Adams.
Brothers, Gerald, Frederick and Robert Adams.
Herald entered the service in Oregon with service number # 3936401.
Herald Adams rank/duty was a Seaman Second Class in the United States Navy.
Herald was KIA during the mission for looking for strange placement by the Enemy on Place, on Jan 5, 1943, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Herald is mentioned/buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila,
National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
