Adams, Burton John, GMS1c

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Seaman First Class

Last Primary NEC
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Gunner's Mate

Primary Unit
1943-1945, GM-0000, USS Sigsbee (DD-502)

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Michigan

Year of Birth
1923

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Casualty Info

Home Town Vanderbilt, MI	Last Address 1406 E Emerick St Philadelphia, PA

Casualty Date Apr 14, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Vanderbilt Cemetery - Vanderbilt, Michigan	Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial marker)
Military Service Number 6 226 197

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USS Sigsbee (DD-502)

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1943-1945, GM-0000, USS Sigsbee (DD-502)

From Month/Year January / 1943	To Month/Year April / 1945
Unit USS Sigsbee (DD-502) Unit Page
Rate Seaman First Class	NEC GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Sigsbee (DD-502) Details
	Hull number DD-502
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Destroyer
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 10, 2019

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Sigsbee (DD-502)

Bryant, Clayton Robert, PO1, (1942-1945)	SF	SF-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Austin, Adolph Ernest, PO1, (1940-1946)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer 2nd Class
Schatz, Jerome, PO3, (1942-1946)	SO	SO-0000	Seaman First Class
Williams, Ross, AS, (1944-1946)	AS	AS-0000	Apprentice Seaman
Chung-Hoon, Gordon Pai'ea, RADM, (1934-1959)	OFF		Commander
Hynes, Jim			Petty Officer Third Class
Hynes, Jim			Petty Officer Third Class
Hynes, Jim			Petty Officer Third Class
Higgins, Howard, PO1, (1942-1945)			Seaman Second Class
Sox, Anthony David, S1c, (1942-1945)			Seaman First Class