Name and Rank, Seaman Second Class Andrew Clyde Adams.
Unit/Placed, SS West Lashaway (Steam Merchant), United States Naval Reserve.
Andrew was born on 1916 in South Carolina.
Father, Henry Arthur Adams.
Mother, Elizabeth (Jones) Adams.
Sister, Nannie and Annie Ruth Adams.
Brothers, Cecil Woodrow and Robert Adams.
Andrew entered the service from South Carolina with service number # 6560935.
Andrew C. Adams was a Seaman 2nd Class in the United States Naval Reserve.
Andrew was KIA when the SS West Lashaway was torpedoed by the German U-66, on Aug. 30, 1942, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
Andrew is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Tablets of the Missing.
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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
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Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
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