US PARAS Adams, Charles Harding

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Adams ​

• FORENAME

Charles Harding​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (RHQ) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

20311406 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st June 1944 ​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 19.03.1922, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA​

father Edward Collins Adams (1882-1939)​

mother Anna K. (nee Mentley) Adams (1881-1949)​

one of 3 brothers killed in WW2. (Clarence J. 10.05.1944 128th Infantry Regiment and Donald E. 10.08.1944 112th Infantry)​

attended Wilson Junior High School​

attended Erie Technical High School​

3 years 112th Infantry​

late 1942 transferred to Airborne Division​

from Erie County,Pennsylvania​

KIA Normandy ​

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