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Adams, John Burton

Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Burton John Adams.

Unit/Placed in, USS Sigsbee (DD-502) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.

 

Burton is born in 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

 

Father, Harry B. Adams.

Mother, Marion Adams.

 

Burton enlisted the service in Michigan with service number # 6226197.

 

Burton was KIA when the USS Sigsbee was attacked by a Kamikaze on April 14, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

 Burton is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

 

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/502.htm 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/

USS Sigsbee (DD-502) Destroyer
Burton J. Adams
His rank Seaman First Class