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Charles B. Adams

NAME
Charles Benjamin Adams
NICKNAME
SERVICE NUMBER
307367
UNIT
USS Houston
Marine Detachment
HOME OF RECORD
2237½ 121st Street
Willowbrook, CA
NEXT OF KIN
Parents, Albert & Zella Adams
DATE OF BIRTH
August 5, 1923
at Williams, CA
ENTERED SERVICE
April 19, 1941
at San Francisco, CA
DATE OF LOSS
March 1, 1942
alt. February 28, 1942
REGION
Java Sea
CAMPAIGN / AREA
Sunda Strait
CASUALTY TYPE
Missing In Action
Declared Dead December 15, 1945
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS
Private Charles B. Adams was a Marine Corps radioman. He was en route for service at Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippine Islands when Pearl Harbor was attacked; Cavite fell soon after. Adams’ group of communicators was diverted to the USS Houston on 7 January 1942 and became part of the cruiser’s Marine detachment.

Adams was lost in the sinking of the Houston on 1 March 1942. His remains were never found, and he was declared dead on 15 December 1945.

INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK
Private
STATUS OF REMAINS
Lost at sea
MEMORIALS
Manila American Cemetery

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