Rank; Fireman First Class James Wallace Adams.

Unit/placed in on, USS Monssen DD-436 Destroyer, United States Navy.

James was born  on Nov. 5, 1922 in Barrett, Harris County, Texas.

Father, Claude Adams.

James entered  the Service from Texas with service number # 3602667.

James was KIA during the Fights in the Battle for Guadacanal on Nov. 14, 1943, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Janes is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/  Rolland Swank and Terry Hirsch.