Thomas Q. Adams was one of the survivors of a Troopship that was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast on the evening of Feb. 5, 1918. That Troopship was called "Tuscania".

Thomas Quincy Adams
WW1 Veteran - U.S. Army - New York
Army Rank: Corporal (Feb. 5, 1918)
Regiment: 213th Aero Squadron (Feb. 5, 1918)
.. .. 67th Aero Sq (Aug. 4, 1917 to Aug. 28, 1917)
.. .. 23rd Aero Sq (Aug. 29, 1917 to Dec. 1, 1917)
.. .. 213th Aero Sq (Dec. 2, 1917 to July 25, 1918)
.. .. 1104th Aero Sq (July 26, 1918 to Discharge)
Army Serial Number: 250,107
Enlisted: August 4, 1917 Fort Slocum, New York
Grades: Cook (Oct. 25, 1917); Private (Nov. 1, 1917); Corporal (Jan. 5, 1918)
Army Discharge: Feb. 8, 1919

Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – Jan. 9, 1919
Departed from New York City, N.Y. January 24, 1918 aboard the SS Tuscania
Torpedoed on the Troopship Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 off the Coast of Ireland
Departed from St. Nazaire, France December 28, 1918 aboard the USS Finland
Arrived in the Port of Newport News, Virginia January 9, 1919
Addresses: 86 H Street, Carneys Point, New Jersey (1917)
23 Street Y.M.C.A., New York, New York (1920)

Occupation: Mechanic @ Dupont Powder Co., New Jersey (1917)
U.S. Government, Naval Ship Yard, New York (1942)
Born: February 1, 1892 St. Louis, Missouri *
* WW1 draft card, WW1 AGO Service Card, WW2 Draft Card
Died: May 24, 1961 Kingwood, Preston Co., West Virginia

His Death Certificate is online, however the death certificate info has a lot of incorrect information.
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Thomas Quincy Adams
Aka:Cleland Blout Mitchell (birth name)
Note: Name was changed to Thomas Quincy Adams sometime after 1913 but before 1917.
Regiment: 213th Aero Squadron
67th Aero Sq (Aug. 4, 1917 to Aug. 28, 1917)
23rd Aero Sq (Aug. 29, 1917 to Dec. 1, 1917)
213th Aero Sq (Dec. 2, 1917 to July 25, 1918)
1104th Aero Sq (July 26, 1918 to Discharge)
Army Serial Number: 250,107
Enlisted: August 4, 1917 Fort Slocum, New York
Grades: Cook (Oct. 25, 1917); Private (Nov. 1, 1917); Corporal (Jan. 5, 1918)
Army Discharge: Feb. 8, 1919

Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – Jan. 9, 1919
Departed from New York City, N.Y. January 24, 1918 aboard the SS Tuscania
Torpedoed on the Troopship Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 off the Coast of Ireland
Departed from St. Nazaire, France December 28, 1918 aboard the USS Finland
Arrived in the Port of Newport News, Virginia January 9, 1919
Addresses: 86 H Street, Carneys Point, New Jersey (1917)
23 Street Y.M.C.A., New York, New York (1920)
477 Central Park West, New York, New York (1944)

Wife (1): Minnie Beatrice Brand /Mitchell/Story/
Born: May 1895 Georgia
Died: Feb. 2, 1978 Dekalb Co., Georgia
Daughter of Daniel & Anna Brand
Married: Feb. 9, 1913
Divorced: December 18, 1942

Wife (2): Lorraine Binette /Adams/
Born: 1922 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Married Thomas Quincy Adams: March 22, 1944 Scranton, Lackawanna Co., Pennsylvania
Daughter of Alfred Binette & Lydia Pellsiro

Wife (3): Tempest Adwinna Childs /Morris/Adams/
Born: August 16, 1901 Kingwood, Preston Co., West Virginia
Died: June 17, 1970 Kingwood, Preston Co., West Virginia
Daughter of Charles Wesley Childs & Rosa Malinda Wiles

Father: Walter Byrd Mitchell
Mother: Anna Millette
Brothers:
Sisters:
Next of Kin (Army Records): Friends, Odd Fellows Lodge No. 253, Chester, Pennsylvania (1918)
Next of Kin (Army Records): Friends, Odd Fellows Lodge, Mineola, New York (1919)

Occupation: Mechanic @ Dupont Powder Co., New Jersey (1917)
U.S. Government, Naval Ship Yard, New York (1942)

Born: February 1, 1892 St. Louis, Missouri
Died: May 24, 1961 Kingwood, Preston Co., West Virginia
Cemetery: Arlington Cemetery, Virginia