John O. Adams born April 11, 1920 in Sioux City Iowa passed away July 30, 2009 in Sun City California.

He was a resident of Sun City for the past 13 years. Mr. Adams was a Sergeant in the 82nd airborne division from 1940 - 1945 and was highly decorated. He later was employed with the United States Post Office and retired after 29 years. He was a member of the VFW and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his son John Howard Adams (Karen) daughter Peggy Jean Lederer sister Dorothy Beday and grandchildren Toni Jean Felts and John Ernest Adams.

The funeral will be held Thursday August 6, 2009 at 10:00am at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Menifee California Evans Brown Mortuary (951) 679-1114

Grave marker for John O. Adams in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside (Riverside county), California.

John submitted this application for the Iowa WWII Veterans Bonus program on 4 May 1949,

He was credited with 54 months of domestic duty and awarded the full $500 bonus.

That calculation, however seems to have en a short cut as it is clearly shown that he was overseas from 15 April 1943 to 14 Novembr3 1944 and again from 5 April 1945 to 21 December 1945.  In fact, based on stated enlistment (1 Oct 1941) and separation (12 December 1945) dates, it appears that he served only 51 months in total.

Note also, his stated birth date of 11 April 1919 is contradicted by the appearance of 11 April 1920 on the grave marker.