Luigi (Adamo) Adams (1890 - 1918)

Born 17 Nov 1890 in San Nicola dell'Alto, Crotone, Calabria, Italy

Died 14 Oct 1918 at age 27 in France

Biography

Luigi (Adamo) Adams migrated from Italy to the United States.

Private Luigi (Adamo) Adams was Killed in Action during World War I.

Private Luigi (Adamo) Adams served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
Service ended: Oct 14, 1918 (KIA)

Luigi Adamo was born November 17, 1890 in San Nicola dell'Alto, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy, the son of Francesco Adamo.

He asked that his brother Joe Adams (born Giuseppe Adamo) be the person notified in the event of his death and gave Joe's address as 97 Washington Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

Luigi was working for the Ohio Fuel and Gas Company in Sharonville, Hamilton, Ohio when he registered for the First World War draft on June 5, 1917 and stated that he had been a private in the army in Italy for 2 years before coming to the USA.^[1]

Private Adams was Killed in Action on October 14, 1918 in France and was buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KF-Z63 : accessed 2 June 2015), Luigi Adams, 1917-1918; citing Pittsburgh City no 1, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration); FHL microfilm 1,907,960.
2. ↑ Soldiers of the Great War, Volume III page 141, Haulsee, W. M.; Howe, F. G.; Doyle, A. C.,Washington, D.C.; Soldiers Record Publishing Association, 1920
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #55959828

See also:

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ8-L5TG : 3 September 2021), Luigi Adams or Adamo, ; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.