Adams, Samuel, LT

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1939-1942, 131X, VB-5

Service Years
1935 - 1942

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1912

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Casualty Info

Home Town Northampton, MA	Last Address With VB-5 deployed aboard USS Yorktown in the Pacific. Remembered at the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Hawaii

Casualty Date Jun 05, 1942
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean	Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at sea with his aircraft off Midway.

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2016, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2016, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2016, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
	2016, World War II Fallen

1939-1942, 131X, VB-5

From Month/Year - / 1939	To Month/Year - / 1942
Unit VB-5 Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant	NEC 131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	VB-5 Details

	Type Aviation Fixed Wing
	Parent Unit Fixed Wing	Strength Navy Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 14, 2008

Yearbook

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7 Members Also There at Same Time

VB-5

Powers, John James, LT, (1931-1942)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Bigelow, LaVell, CAPT, (1939-1968)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Chaffee, Davis Elliott, ENS, (1941-1942)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Kinzer, Edward Blaine, ENS, (1939-1942)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Karrol, Joseph John, PO1, (1934-1942)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Compton, James Robert, CAPT, (1934-1964)	OFF		Lieutenant Junior Grade
Arnold, Murr Edward, RADM, (1923-1962)			Lieutenant Commander