Tec5 Donald Russell Adams (1920-1944)

Tec5 Donald Russell Adams Veteran

Birth

20 Feb 1920

White Lake, Aurora County, South Dakota, USA

Death

20 Sep 1944 (aged 24)

Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands

Burial

Fort Snelling National Cemetery

Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map

Plot

SECTION C-3 SITE 7886

Memorial ID

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Tec5 Donald R. Adams KIA
Home: Plankinton, South Dakota.
Unit: Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American", (Medical Detachment)
Service ID: 37093710.
Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,

SILVER STAR MEDAL
Action: For action performed in Normandy, France.
Mission Date: June/July-44
Details: Citation unavailable Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 66 (1944).

BRONZE STAR MEDAL
Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit: Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American" (Medical Detachment)
Action: Citation unavailable.
Details: Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 8 (1945).

PURPLE HEART
Rank: Private
Unit: Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American", (Medical Detachment)
Action: For wounds received in action on 4 July 1944 in France.

PURPLE HEART
Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit: Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American" (Medical Detachment)
Action: Killed In Action.
Details: This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leaf to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Posthumously awarded.

COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE
Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit: Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American" (Medical Detachment)
Awarded on: September 17th, 1944

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL - ARMY
Rank: Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit: Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All-American" (Medical Detachment)
Awarded on: November 16th, 1943
Details: Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 58 (1943).