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Ens Donald Edwin Adams
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Ens Donald Edwin Adams

Birth
USA
Death
14 Aug 1952 (aged 22)
North Korea
Monument
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
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Ensign Adams was the pilot of a F4U Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 74, aboard the aircraft carrier BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On August 14, 1952, while on a strike mission in North Korea, his aircraft made a dive from 8,000 feet toward the target but failed to pull out of the dive, crashed and exploded.

Awarded
Air Medal with Gold Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Ensign Adams was the pilot of a F4U Corsair fighter with Fighter Squadron 74, aboard the aircraft carrier BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31). On August 14, 1952, while on a strike mission in North Korea, his aircraft made a dive from 8,000 feet toward the target but failed to pull out of the dive, crashed and exploded.

Awarded
Air Medal with Gold Star, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

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  • Maintained by: ShaneO
  • Originally Created by: GraveHunter
  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118865779/donald_edwin-adams: accessed ), memorial page for Ens Donald Edwin Adams (26 Dec 1929–14 Aug 1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 118865779, citing National Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).