Lt. Colonel Stanley T. Adams

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Stanley "Stan" Taylor Adams (May 9, 1922 – April 19, 1999) 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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Birth: May 5, 1922 De Soto Johnson County Kansas, USA

Death: Apr. 19, 1999 Bend Deschutes County Oregon, USA

Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Master Sergeant in Company A, 19th Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Sesim-ni, Korea, on February 4, 1951. His citation reads "M/Sgt. Adams, Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy. At approximately 0100 hours, M/Sgt. Adams' platoon, holding an outpost some 200 yards ahead of his company, came under a determined attack by an estimated 250 enemy troops. Intense small-arms, machine gun, and mortar fire from 3 sides pressed the platoon back against the main line of resistance. Observing approximately 150 hostile troops silhouetted against the skyline advancing against his platoon, M/Sgt. Adams leaped to his feet, urged his men to fix bayonets, and he, with 13 members of his platoon, charged this hostile force with indomitable courage. Within 50 yards of the enemy M/Sgt. Adams was knocked to the ground when pierced in the leg by an enemy bullet. He jumped to his feet and, ignoring his wound, continued on to close with the enemy when he was knocked down 4 times from the concussion of grenades which had bounced off his body. Shouting orders he charged the enemy positions and engaged them in hand-to-hand combat where man after man fell before his terrific onslaught with bayonet and rifle butt. After nearly an hour of vicious action M/Sgt. Adams and his comrades routed the fanatical foe, killing over 50 and forcing the remainder to withdraw. Upon receiving orders that his battalion was moving back he provided cover fire while his men withdrew. M/Sgt. Adams' superb leadership, incredible courage, and consummate devotion to duty so inspired his comrades that the enemy attack was completely thwarted, saving his battalion from possible disaster. His sustained personal bravery and indomitable fighting spirit against overwhelming odds reflect the utmost glory upon himself and uphold the finest traditions of the infantry and the military service". On July 5, 1951, President Harry S Truman presented Master Sergeant Adams with the Medal of Honor at a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC. Adams remained in the Army until 1970, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He later held an administrative position with the Internal Revenue Service in Alaska. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

Burial: Willamette National Cemetery Portland Multnomah County Oregon, USA Plot: Section H, Site 3623-O

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Stanley Taylor Adams was a Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a Master Sergeant in Company A, 19th Infantry Regiment. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery near Sesim-ni, Korea, on February 4, 1951. His citation reads "M/Sgt. Adams, Company A, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy. At approximately 0100 hours, M/Sgt. Adams' platoon, holding an outpost some 200 yards ahead of his company, came under a determined attack by an estimated 250 enemy troops. Intense small-arms, machine gun, and mortar fire from 3 sides pressed the platoon back against the main line of resistance. Observing approximately 150 hostile troops silhouetted against the skyline advancing against his platoon, M/Sgt. Adams leaped to his feet, urged his men to fix bayonets, and he, with 13 members of his platoon, charged this hostile force with indomitable courage. Within 50 yards of the enemy M/Sgt. Adams was knocked to the ground when pierced in the leg by an enemy bullet.

He jumped to his feet and, ignoring his wound, continued on to close with the enemy when he was knocked down 4 times from the concussion of grenades which had bounced off his body. Shouting orders he charged the enemy positions and engaged them in hand-to-hand combat where man after man fell before his terrific onslaught with bayonet and rifle butt. After nearly an hour of vicious action M/Sgt. Adams and his comrades routed the fanatical foe, killing over 50 and forcing the remainder to withdraw.

Upon receiving orders that his battalion was moving back he provided cover fire while his men withdrew. M/Sgt. Adams' superb leadership, incredible courage, and consummate devotion to duty so inspired his comrades that the enemy attack was completely thwarted, saving his battalion from possible disaster. His sustained personal bravery and indomitable fighting spirit against overwhelming odds reflect the utmost glory upon himself and uphold the finest traditions of the infantry and the military service."

On July 5, 1951, President Harry S Truman presented Master Sergeant Adams with the Medal of Honor at a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC. Adams remained in the Army until 1970, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He later held an administrative position with the Internal Revenue Service in Alaska.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

SOURCE: Find A Grave.com

Stanley was married five times, first to Wava Jean Ware, 1922-1997, and they had a son, Charles Gary Adams, 1947-2004, who also served in the military. In 1962 Stanley married Jane Eloise Gilbreath, 1916-1979. He married Penny D. Kenyon, 1923-2013, and they had a daughter, and then in 1981 he married Jean Elizabeth VanderStoep, 1922-2008. Stanley died in Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, in 1999, and was buried in the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. His wife Jean Elizabeth was buried next to him there and she also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. She died in 2008 in Corvalis, Oregon, at the age of 86. Stanley's wife, Jane Eloise Gilbreath, also served in the U.S. Army, and was also buried at the Willamette National Cemetery, although not with Stanley. At some point, Stanley was also married to Ruth Irene Evinger, 1923-2000, but they later divorced and she married Salvatore Joseph Signorelli and died in Los Angeles, California.