Edward Thomas Adams Jr (1933 - 2004)

Born 12 Jun 1933 in New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Died 19 Sep 2004 at age 71 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

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Edward Adams Jr served in the United States Marine Corps in the Korean War
Service started: 25 Jul 1951
Unit(s): unknown
Service ended: 25 Jul 1953

Eddie Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 18, 2004) was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars.
Adams joined the United States Marine Corps in 1951 during the Korean War as a combat photographer. One of his assignments was to photograph the entire Demilitarized Zone from end to end immediately following the war. This took him over a month to complete.
During the Vietnam War, Adams won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and a World Press Photo award for the photograph (captioned 'General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon'), but would later lament its notoriety. Writer and critic David D. Perlmutter points out that 'no film footage did as much damage as AP photographer Eddie Adams's 35mm shot taken on a Saigon street ... When people talk or write about [the Tet Offensive] at least a sentence is devoted (often with an illustration) to the Eddie Adams picture'.
Along with the Pulitzer, Adams received over 500 awards, including the George Polk Award for News Photography in 1968, 1977 and 1978, and numerous awards from World Press Photo, NPPA, Sigma Delta Chi, Overseas Press Club, and many other organizations.
In 2004 Adams died in New York City from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Adams's legacy is continued through Barnstorm: The Eddie Adams Workshop, the photography workshop he started in 1988.^[1]

For further reading:

• NY Times Article on Eddie's Passing - NY Times 20 Sept 2004
• Photographer who captured infamous Vietnam image dies - Miami Herald 20 Sep 2004
• A Montage of Eddie's Vietnam Photos - Business Insider 8 Jul 2016
• Historical Markers Database
• The Eddie Adams Workshop
• The Story Behind Eddie Adams’ Iconic “Saigon Execution” Photo

Timeline

Edward T. Adams ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Eddie Adams ^[5]

Edward Adams ^[6]

Born
12 Jun 1933
New Kensington, Pennsylvania. ^{[2] [4]}

Died
19 Sep 2004
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. ^{[2] [4]}

Buried
Greenwood Memorial Park
Lower Burrell, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[5]

Residence

1935 New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. ^[6]

1940 New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA. Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son. ^[6]

Military Service
Branch US Marine Corps Enlistment Date 25 Jul 1951 Release Date 25 Jul 1953 ^[4]

Categories
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Pulitzer Prize Winners
Combat Photographers
Notable Profiles from Pennsylvania
Lived in New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Amyotrophic Lateral_Sclerosis_(Lou_Gehrig's_Disease)
United States Marine Corps Members, Korean War
Interred in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia Eddie Adams (photographer)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007. Ancestry Record 60901 #23342841 Data= E T Adams [Edward Thomas Adams] [Edward Adams] Gender: Male Birth Date: 12 Jun 1933 Birth Place: New Kensington, Pennsylvania Death Date: 19 Sep 2004 Father: Edward Adams Mother: Adelaide Suprano Notes 17 Oct 1986: Name listed as E T ADAMS; 07 Mar 1988: Name listed as EDWARD THOMAS ADAMS; 02 Oct 2004: Name listed as EDWARD T ADAMS
3. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Ancestry Record 3693 #74003425 Data= Edward T. Adams SSN: 171-22-0418 Last Residence: 10009 New York, New York, New York, USA Born: 12 Jun 1933 Died: 19 Sep 2004 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Ancestry Record 2441 #11019728 Data= Edward Adams Gender: Male Birth Date: 12 Jun 1933 Death Date: 19 Sep 2004 Branch 1: M Enlistment Date 1: 25 Jul 1951 Release Date 1: 25 Jul 1954
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #9479594
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQNG-W1Y : 14 March 2018), Edward Adams in household of Edward Adams, Ward 2, New Kensington, New Kensington City, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65-147, sheet 3B, line 43, family 67, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3635.

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