Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of James Homer Adams
Headstone of James Homer Adams
U.S. Army · United States United States

James Homer Adams

James Homer "Red" Adams

Technical Sergeant
1915 – 1944
1 decoration 1 war 1 assignment

Technical Sergeant James Homer Adams served in the U.S. Army. James served in World War II. James was 29 years old.

What Happened

T/Sgt James H. Adams enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 6 February 1942. | | He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the heart.

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  1. 48th Armored Infantry Battalion
    Technical Sergeant
    A Company, | 48th Armored Infantry Battalion, | 7th Armored Division

Branch

U.S. Army

Highest rank

Technical Sergeant

War

World War II

Honors · 1 decoration

Purple Heart
Awards & Decorations 1

For service and achievement

Purple Heart
Family
James H. Adams - Father (named in the record)JAJamesFatherSusan R. (Arnold) Adams - Mother (named in the record)SASusanMotherReuben E. Jester - Half-brother (named in the record)RJReubenHalf-brotherJessie L. Jester - Half-sister (named in the record)JJJessieHalf-sisterHelen R. Jester - Half-sister (named in the record)HJHelenHalf-sisterAnna L. Jester - Half-sister (named in the record)AJAnnaHalf-sisterBonnie M. (Goins) Adams - Wife (named in the record)BABonnieWife

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Home Front
James H. Adams
Father
Named in the record
Susan R. (Arnold) Adams
Mother
Named in the record
Reuben E. Jester
Half-brother
Named in the record
Jessie L. Jester
Half-sister
Named in the record
Helen R. Jester
Half-sister
Named in the record
Anna L. Jester
Half-sister
Named in the record
Bonnie M. (Goins) Adams
Wife
Named in the record
Burial Information
Cemetery Lorraine American Cemetery ↗
Section A
Grave 9
Row 31
  • The cemetery · the exact grave is not yet placed

Laid nearby · Section A

1,167 others are held in this section; the nearest 12 by row and grave.

Charles M Kates Jr.Row 31 · Grave 8Edwin F LippsRow 31 · Grave 10Edwin Kelsey Errett Jr.Row 31 · Grave 11Harold Nichlaus HoerthRow 31 · Grave 7Cecil A Davis Jr.Row 31 · Grave 6Ray Earl De LongRow 31 · Grave 12Lawrence MarshallRow 31 · Grave 5William L KirklandRow 31 · Grave 13Ray Frank CavierRow 31 · Grave 14Vincent Paul JonesRow 31 · Grave 4John Raymond WilkersonRow 31 · Grave 3John Reeves GoosmanRow 31 · Grave 15
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James Homer Adams
Technical Sergeant Technical Sergeant
U.S. Army
48th Armored Infantry Battalion
Technical Sergeant
Purple Heart
7TH ARMORED DIVISION - Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

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