Awarded the Silver Star for "gallantry in action and especially meritorious service." Member of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Division, WWI.∼Son of Stephen and Anna Adamec. Came to the US in 1910. Assigned to Tank Corps, wounded in the Cantigny drive, also participated in the battles of Sommerville and Ausauville. Awarded French Croix de Guerre with silver star, cited in GO 1, 1st Division, 1/1/20. Died of accidental causes.
Source: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of the Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918, published by the Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.
Source: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of the Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918, published by the Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.
Awarded the Silver Star for "gallantry in action and especially meritorious service." Member of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Division, WWI.∼Son of Stephen and Anna Adamec. Came to the US in 1910. Assigned to Tank Corps, wounded in the Cantigny drive, also participated in the battles of Sommerville and Ausauville. Awarded French Croix de Guerre with silver star, cited in GO 1, 1st Division, 1/1/20. Died of accidental causes.
Source: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of the Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918, published by the Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.
Source: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of the Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918, published by the Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.
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Entered service from Indiana
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