Adams, Joseph Richard

Name and Rank; Corporal Joseph Richard Adams.

Unit/placed in; 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion, United States Army

Joseph was born on 12 January 1917 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Father, Ludwik Adamski.

Mother, Josephine Srafanski.

Sister(s), Maryann and Hellen L. Adamski.

Joseph entered the service from Chicago, Illinois in May 20, 1942 with service number # 36340351.

Joseph R. Adams rank/duty was a Corporal in the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

Joseph was Killed in Action when his Tank was shot by artillery during the fights over Bastogne, on Dec. 20, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.

Joseph is mentioned/buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial, Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium.

Thanks to http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/tank_destroyers_Story.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9WYN-4NW

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