Leonard E. Adams

World War II
Service #35899388
Unit157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
RankPrivate First Class U.S. Army
Entered Service From Indiana
Date of DeathJanuary 21 1945
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of Private First Class Leonard E. Adams were accounted for in 2023. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Tablets of the Missing” at the Epinal American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.