John Henry Adams Jr. (1918 - 2018)

Born 16 Dec 1918 in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States

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Died 15 Feb 2018 at age 99 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

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John Adams Jr. served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): 332nd Fighter Group
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John H. Adams, Jr. served as a US military pilot during World War II. He was one of the “Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen.” The Tuskegee Airmen were known for heroic combat service in support of Allied Forces in the European Theater. They served with the 332d Expeditionary Operations Group and the 477th Bombardment Group, both largely Black units of the United States Army Air Forces.

John Henry Adams, Jr., son of John Henry and Clintonia Adams, was born in 1918.^[1] He died in 2018 and is buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947" National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Kansas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2238 #25239746 (accessed 24 November 2021)
   Name: [John Henry Adams Jr.]; Gender: Male; Race: Negro (Black); Age: 21; Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head); Birth Date: 16 Dec 1918; Birth Place: Hiawatha, Kansas, USA; Residence Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA; Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940; Registration Place: Kansas, USA; Employer: George Ellis Pricess Theatre; Height: 5 10; Weight: 140; Complexion: Light Brown; Hair Color: Brown; Eye Color: Brown; Next of Kin: Clintonia Adams Mother.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187485128/john-henry-adams : accessed 19 June 2022), memorial page for John Henry Adams Jr. (16 Dec 1918–15 Feb 2018), Find A Grave: Memorial #187485128, citing Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Still Above the Dirt (contributor 47019839) .

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