Adams, Benson Carroll

Name and Rank, Technical Sergeant Benson Carroll Adams.

Unit/placed in, 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division “Pathfinder”, United States Army.

Benson was born on Aug. 29, 1919 in Covington, Newton County, Georgia.

Father, Benson Wilson Adams.

Mother, Ruby Mae (Piper) Adams.

Sisters, Mary F and Betty A. Adams.

Brothers, Robert C., Roscoe W., John E., Edgar, Richard And Larry Gilbert Adams.

Benson entered the service from Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia in Jan. 20, 1941 with service number # 34011905.

Benson C. Adams rank/duty was a Technical Sergeant in the 121st Infantry Regiment.

Benson was KIA during the Break true the German Defense at the Lessay/Périers road, on July 27, 1944, and he is honored with the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Benson is mentioned/buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Benson has a Memorial Grave at Covington City Cemetery, Covington, Newton County, Georgia, USA.

Thanks to http://www.fatherswar.com/8thinfdiv/

https://web.archive.org/web/20061024064718/http://www.techwarrior.cx/~roliver/8th/8th-history.pdf

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMSZ-SNF

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.