Adams, Francis Woodrow

Name and Rank, Major Francis Woodrow Adams.

Unit/placed in, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.

Francis was born on June 6, 1915 in Wilson, Mississippi County, Arkansas.

Father, James W. Adams.

Mother, Lovida B. (Pittman) Adams.

Sister, Maxime S. Adams.

Brother, James W. Adams Jr..

Francis entered the Service from Arkansas with service number # 0-083451.

Francis W. Adams rank/duty was a Major in the 26th Infantry Regiment.

Francis W. Adams was Killed in Action near Schevenhutte, Germany, Hurtgen Wald, on Nov. 5, 1944, and he is honored with a Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Francis is mentioned/buried at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial,

Henri-Chapelle, Arrondissement de Verviers, Liège, Belgium.

Thanks to http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1id.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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

National Historian