Adams, Samuel, LT

Fallen

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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 Northampton, MA

Casualty Date Jun 06, 1942
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


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

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East Indies Campaign (1941-42)/Battle of Java Sea
From Month/Year February / 1942	To Month/Year February / 1942
Description The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, on 27 February 1942, and in secondary actions over successive days. The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) Strike Force commander—Rear-Admiral Karel Doorman—was killed. The aftermath of the battle included several smaller actions around Java, including the smaller but also significant Battle of Sunda Strait. These defeats led to Japanese occupation of the entire Netherlands East Indies. The battle was the largest surface ship engagement since the Battle of Jutland in 1916.