Name:
Thomas Drakeley Adams
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
11065582
Unit:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Date of Death:
1943-07-11
State:
Conneticut
Cemetery:
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Nettuno, Italy
Plot:
F
Row:
9
Grave:
51
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Thomas Drakeley Adams was born on December 7, 1920 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He served in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment as a Private First Class during World War II. He was Killed in Action on July 11, 1943 at the age of 22, during the raid on a pillbox at Santa Croce, Camerina, Italy and is now buried in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy.