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05-30-2010, 02:56 PM
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Lucian Adams
* Date of birth: 26-Oct-22
* Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas
* Home of record: Port Arthur, Texas
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Awards and Citations
1.
Medal of Honor
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Awarded for actions during the World War II
For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 28 October 1944 while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, near St. Die, France. When his company was stopped in its effort to drive through the Mortagne Forest to reopen the supply line to the isolated third battalion, Staff Sergeant Adams braved the concentrated fire of machineguns in a lone assault on a force of German troops. Although his company had progressed less than ten yards and had lost three killed and six wounded, Staff Sergeant Adams charged forward dodging from tree to tree firing a borrowed BAR from the hip. Despite intense machinegun fire which the enemy directed at him and rifle grenades which struck the trees over his head showering him with broken twigs and branches, Staff Sergeant Adams made his way to within ten yards of the closest machinegun and killed the gunner with a hand grenade. An enemy soldier threw hand grenades at him from a position only ten yards distant; however, Staff Sergeant Adams dispatched him with a single burst of BAR fire. Charging into the vortex of the enemy fire, he killed another machine gunner at 15 yards range with a hand grenade and forced the surrender of two supporting infantrymen. Although the remainder of the German group concentrated the full force of its automatic weapons fire in a desperate effort to knock him out, he proceeded through the woods to find and exterminate five more of the enemy. Finally, when the third German machinegun opened up on him at a range of 20 yards, Staff Sergeant Adams killed the gunner with BAR fire. In the course of the action, he personally killed nine Germans, eliminated three enemy machineguns, vanquished a specialized force which was armed with automatic weapons and grenade launchers, cleared the woods of hostile elements, and reopened the severed supply lines to the assault companies of his battalion.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 20 (March 29, 1945)
Action Date: 28-Oct-44
Service: Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Company: Company I
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Regiment: 30th Infantry Regiment
Division: 3d Infantry Division
Lucian Adams
* Date of birth: 26-Oct-22
* Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas
* Home of record: Port Arthur, Texas
*
Awards and Citations
1.
Medal of Honor
See more recipients of this award
Awarded for actions during the World War II
For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 28 October 1944 while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division, near St. Die, France. When his company was stopped in its effort to drive through the Mortagne Forest to reopen the supply line to the isolated third battalion, Staff Sergeant Adams braved the concentrated fire of machineguns in a lone assault on a force of German troops. Although his company had progressed less than ten yards and had lost three killed and six wounded, Staff Sergeant Adams charged forward dodging from tree to tree firing a borrowed BAR from the hip. Despite intense machinegun fire which the enemy directed at him and rifle grenades which struck the trees over his head showering him with broken twigs and branches, Staff Sergeant Adams made his way to within ten yards of the closest machinegun and killed the gunner with a hand grenade. An enemy soldier threw hand grenades at him from a position only ten yards distant; however, Staff Sergeant Adams dispatched him with a single burst of BAR fire. Charging into the vortex of the enemy fire, he killed another machine gunner at 15 yards range with a hand grenade and forced the surrender of two supporting infantrymen. Although the remainder of the German group concentrated the full force of its automatic weapons fire in a desperate effort to knock him out, he proceeded through the woods to find and exterminate five more of the enemy. Finally, when the third German machinegun opened up on him at a range of 20 yards, Staff Sergeant Adams killed the gunner with BAR fire. In the course of the action, he personally killed nine Germans, eliminated three enemy machineguns, vanquished a specialized force which was armed with automatic weapons and grenade launchers, cleared the woods of hostile elements, and reopened the severed supply lines to the assault companies of his battalion.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 20 (March 29, 1945)
Action Date: 28-Oct-44
Service: Army
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Company: Company I
Battalion: 3d Battalion
Regiment: 30th Infantry Regiment
Division: 3d Infantry Division