Service No. #6281043
Entered the Service from: Kansas
SS JOHN ADAMS
Official Declaration of Death: May 6th, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists the Next of Kin's Home of Record as: Father: Mr. Ernest B. Tingle, Route 2; Burden, Kansas. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Coral Sea on 5 May 1942.
Information below gleaned from: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149239
The American Liberty- ship John Adams, on passage from Noumea to Brisbane with drummed aviation spirit, was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21. The ship caught fire and blew up on the following day. ref. used: Hocking, Charles, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149239
Service No. #6281043
Entered the Service from: Kansas
SS JOHN ADAMS
Official Declaration of Death: May 6th, 1943
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists the Next of Kin's Home of Record as: Father: Mr. Ernest B. Tingle, Route 2; Burden, Kansas. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Coral Sea on 5 May 1942.
Information below gleaned from: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149239
The American Liberty- ship John Adams, on passage from Noumea to Brisbane with drummed aviation spirit, was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21. The ship caught fire and blew up on the following day. ref. used: Hocking, Charles, Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?149239
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