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Casualty Info
Home Town Alta, IA
Last Address Santa Ana, CA
Casualty Date Nov 16, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 5 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Scamp (SS-277) began her 8th war patrol on 16 October 1944 and was last heard from on 9 November. Japanese records indicate that a submarine was depth charged near Tokyo Bay on 11 November, and that five days after another attack produced a large explosion. This may have been the fate of the Scamp. Seaman 1st Class Adams was listed as missing in action and later declared dead 6 December 1945.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 8793943
Submarine war patrols: USS Scamp (SS-277) - 8th
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Name: James Donald Adams Gender: Male Race: White Age: 24 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Alta, Iowa, USA Birth Date: 15 Sep 1916 Residence Place: Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Employer: Weicher And Cartwright Weight: 185 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Blonde Height: 6 2 Next of Kin: Doris Helen Adams