About Stanley T. Adams
Lived 1922 – 1999 (aged 76). Stanley T. Adams was an American civil servant.
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.
Early life and World War II Stanley Taylor Adams was born in De Soto, Kansas, on May 9, 1922. He joined the U.S. Army from nearby in Olathe
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Who was Stanley T. Adams?
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1922–1999)
When was Stanley T. Adams born?
Stanley T. Adams was born on 9 May 1922 in De Soto.
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Stanley T. Adams died on 19 April 1999 in The Dalles.
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Stanley T. Adams was a civil servant.
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Stanley T. Adams was American.
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