Stanley T. Adams
Military Person
1922 – 1999
Who was Stanley T. Adams?
Stanley "Stan" Taylor Adams was a United States Army officer who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A native of Kansas, Adams fought in World War II as an enlisted soldier. He was sent to Korea as a sergeant soon after the outbreak of war there, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge against a numerically superior force in early 1951. Commissioned as an officer shortly after receiving the medal, Adams continued to serve into the Vietnam War, eventually retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
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- Born
- May 9, 1922
De Soto - Also known as
- Stanley Adams
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Apr 19, 1999
The Dalles - Resting place
- Willamette National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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