Lewis E. Adams
Rank: Private, U.S. Army
Serial: 13079962
Unit: Company I, 369th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Pennsauken, NJ
Biography
Lewis E. Adams was born on March 20, 1919 to William E. and Ethel J. Adams.
After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Lewis Adams enlisted in the United States Army while in Pennsylvania. Private Adams was assigned to Company I of the 369th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division. With his unit he was sent to train at Fort Huachuca, AZ. It was there that Private Adams was taken ill. After reporting to the station hospital at Fort Huachuca, he was diagnosed as having severe acute meningitis. On January 9, 1943 Lewis Adams, who had volunteered to serve his country, died from pneumonia contracted as a complication of meningitis.
Private Adams’ remains were sent home for burial. Arrangements were handled by Franklin T. Walker, who served the African-American community of Camden County from his premises at 743 Chestnut for many years. Private Adams was buried at the Sunset Memorial Park in the Delair section of Pennsauken, NJ, not far from the home of his mother and father.