Adams, Donald R.

Date of birth:: February 20th, 1920 (Plankinton/South Dakota, United States)
Date of death:: September 20th, 1944 (Berg en Dal/Province of Gelderland, Netherlands)
Service number:: 37093710
Nationality:: American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

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Good Conduct Medal - Army

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit:: Medical Detachment attached to Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: November 16th, 1943

Details:
Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 58 (1943).

Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private
Unit:: Medical Detachment attached to Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

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

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Private
Unit:: Medical Detachment attached to Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Action:
For wounds received in action on 4 July 1944 in France.

Bronze Star Medal (BSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit:: Medical Detachment attached to Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Action:
Citation unavailable.
Details:
Headquarters 82nd Airborne Division, General Orders No. 8 (1945).

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Technician 5th Grade (T-5)
Unit:: Medical Detachment attached to Company C, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

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.