Name:
Paul E. Adams
Rank:
Private First Class
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Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1945-04-14
State:
Iowa
Cemetery:
Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Iowa
Plot:
American Legion Section, Row 03, Headstone 11
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Grave:
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Comments:
Paul E. Adams was born on July 23, 1914. Paul was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. (Bert) Adams. He received his education in the Osceola schools and entered the Army on August 28, 1942. For the next two and a half years he was in the medical corps and then transferred to the infantry. He left for overseas in March 1945 and arrived in Paris on April 6. Rushed into action he was killed on April 14 in the vicinity of Riefensbeck, Germany and buried in Holland. He is now reburied in Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, USA.