Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Richard Lewis Adams.

Unit/Placed in, 161^st Infantry Regiment, 25^th Infantry Division.

Richard is born in 1915 in Mattole, California.

Father, Richard L. Adams.

Mother, Jennie M. Adams.

Richard enlisted the U.S.Army in California with service number # 39004426.

Richard was KIA at the Balette Pass by Enemy fire, Philippines on April 25, 1945, he is honored with a  Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Infantry_Division_(United_States) 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/