Walter Clifton Adams Jr.
b. 17 January 1920, d. circa 1943
- Father: Walter Clifton Adams b. 12 July 1879, d. 6 April 1927
- Mother: Jewell Holland b. 22 June 1888, d. 6 July 1968
- Walter Clifton Adams Jr. was born on 17 January 1920 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas.
- Jewell Holland appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, texas, at 1545 Avenue F enumerated n he household of her brother-in-law James D. Blevins.. Other members of the household included Walter Clifton Adams Jr., Edna Halora Adams and Jane Susannah Adams.
- Jewell Holland appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, at 1809 Liberty. Other members of the household included Walter Clifton Adams Jr., Edna Halora Adams.
- He was employed as a shipping clerk by a wholesale drug company, according to the 1940 census.
- He enlisted as a private in the Texas National Guard. on 25 November 1940, in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas. At the time of his enlistment he had completed one year of college, and was sigle and without dependents.
2nd Lt. Walter C. Adams, 6th Infantry, 1st Armoured Division, recipeint of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, appears on the roster of World War II veterans interred overseas, missing in action and declared dead on 6 December 1943, cenotaph memorial "Tablets of the Missing," North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial, Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia. - The following appeared on 11 May 1943 in The Port Arthur News: Sgt. Omar B. Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Benson of 2910 10th street, who already had been listed as missing, was officially named on a list of U. S. Soldiers released by the War department today as missing in the Southwest Pacific area. The list also included the name of Lt. Frank M. Colburn of Orange, missing in the same area.
Others from this section on the list were as follows:
Lt. Walter C. Adams, Beaumont; Sgt. Virgil D. Faust, Lakeview, on the Neches river above Beaumont; Lt. Jack D. Mills, Lufkin, and Staff Sgt. Kermit J. Constantine, Rayne, Louisiana. - Walter Clifton Adams Jr. died circa 1943 in North Africa.
- Last Edited: 22 Apr 2016