Roland served as a Staff Sergeant, 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Essex County, Massachusetts prior to the war. 1930 Census shows him living with his father and mother George and Clarissa (Eaton) Adams in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 12, 1940, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Shoemaker and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942.
Roland "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11020078
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Essex County, Massachusetts prior to the war. 1930 Census shows him living with his father and mother George and Clarissa (Eaton) Adams in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 12, 1940, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Shoemaker and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942.
Roland "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11020078
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Roland served as a Staff Sergeant, 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Essex County, Massachusetts prior to the war. 1930 Census shows him living with his father and mother George and Clarissa (Eaton) Adams in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 12, 1940, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Shoemaker and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942.
Roland "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11020078
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
He resided in Essex County, Massachusetts prior to the war. 1930 Census shows him living with his father and mother George and Clarissa (Eaton) Adams in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on September 12, 1940, prior to the war, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a Shoemaker and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942.
Roland "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 11020078
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
S/SGT. ROLAND C. ADAMS
U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS
17th PURSUIT SQUADRON
P.O.W. DIED IN CABANTUAN PRISON
1917 1942
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