Horace A. Adams

  • ASN:
    38069973
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    July 28, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH
    Apr 11, 1984
FULL NAME:

Horace A. Adams

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER (ASN):

38069973

  • DATE OF BIRTH: July 28, 1919
  • DATE OF DEATH: Apr 11, 1984
RESIDENCE (DURING WWII):

Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas

DATE / PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
  • DATE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Nov 15, 1941
  • PLACE OF ENLISTMENT:
    Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas
ORGANIZATION:
  • MAIN UNIT:
    2nd Engineer Combat Battalion
  • SUBUNIT:
    Company B
RANK / POSITION IN UNIT (LAST KNOWN):
  • RANK:
    Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt.)
  • POSITION IN UNIT:
    GMC Truck Driver
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS:

✭ Normandy Campaign (6 June – 24 July 1944), ✭ Northern France Campaign (25 July – 14 September 1944), ✭ Ardennes-Alsace Campaign (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), ✭ Rhineland Campaign (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945), ✭ Central Europe Campaign (22 March – 11 May 1945)

DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS (AWARDS):

🎖Purple Heart, 🎖Good Conduct Medal, 🎖European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, 🎖WWII Victory Medal

STATUS:
  • CATEGORY:
    Wounded In Action (WIA)
  • DATE:
    June 1944
  • LOCATION:
    Normandy, France
  • NOTES:
    First Location: Thorax, thoracic wall: Axilla; Causative Agent: Artillery Shell, Fragments, Afoot or unspecified. He was wounded again in December 1944.
HONORED BY:

Bruce Adams, Son

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File Unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)
in the Series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64 (info)

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SOLDIER RECORD:
Full Name
Horace A Adams
Army Serial Number
38069973
Enlistment Place
Ft Bliss el Paso Texas
Enlistment Date
15 Nov 1941
Army Branch
Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch
Army
Race or Ethnicity
White
Residence
Clay County, Texas
Source of Army Personnel
Civil Life
Army Component
Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Level of Education
4 years of high school
Occupation
Semiskilled inter-industry metal working occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status
Single, without dependents
Birth Date
1919
Birth Place
Texas
Source Box Number
1283
Source Film Reel Number
6.49
Conflict Period
World War II
Served for
United States of America

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