Rank and Name, Aviation Machinist’s Mate Third Class Ernest Francis Adams.

Unit/Placed in,  Patrol Squadron VP-51, United States Navy.

Ernest was born  in 1913 in California.

Father, George Adams.

Father was born in Greece.

Mother, Julia Adams.

Ernest enlisted the service in New Mexico with service number # 3723494.

Ernest was KIA on  St Valentines Day Massacre, on Feb. 14, 1943, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.vpnavy.com/vp51_mishap.html 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/