World War II Honoree

Claud Adamson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Clinton, Iowa

Honored By

Marie Adamson Farmer, Daughter; Wife, Children and Grandchildren

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. ENTERED THE ARMY ON APRIL 3, 1942 AT FORT DES MOINES, IOWA. HE SERVED IN COMPANY B, 358TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION, U.S. ARMY. HE WAS SENT TO CAMP BARKELEY, TEXAS AND FROM THERE WENT TO LOUISIANA FOR MANEUVERS IN JANUARY 1943. RETURNED TO CAMP BARKELEY IN EARLY SPRING OF 1943 AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL SEPTEMBER, WHEN HE WAS THEN SENT TO CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA FOR DESERT TRAINING. RETURNED TO IOWA FOR HIS LAST FURLOUGH JANUARY 10, 1944. HE WAS THEN STAGED AT CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY UNTIL HE LEFT NEW YORK, ARRIVING IN ENGLAND IN EARLY APRIL OF 1944. LANDED IN FRANCE, UTAH BEACH, JUNE 8, 1944. HE DIED OF WOUNDS NEAR PICAUVILLE, FRANCE ON JUNE 12, 1944. HIS BODY WAS BURIED IN A TEMPORARY CEMETERY AT SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE AND WAS RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES ABOARD THE USS LIEUTENANT JAMES ROBINSON IN DECEMBER 1948. HE IS BURIED AT GLENDALE CEMETERY, DES MOINES, IOWA. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY.