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Norman H. Adams

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Norman H. Adams

Birth
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA
Death
20 May 1980 (aged 72)
Monterey County, California, USA
Burial
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA Add to Map
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CADI: ADAMS NORMAN HORACE 1908 04 15 TENNEY MALE CA MONTEREY 1980 05 23 549665921 72
Pacific Grove Public Library Local History Card File
Adams, Norman - PGHS ’21, UC Berkeley (1927 Sea Urchin Alumni Notes p25, also 1928 and 1928 Sea Urchin Alumni notes)
Adams, Norman Mrs. – sailed to join husband, Lt. Col. Adams in Nanking, China (Pacific Grove Tribune 4 July 1947 p3)
Adams, Norman H. Col. – 72, US Army retired, obit, died 5/23/80, of Pebble Beach, collapsed on Fort Ord golf course, born in Pacific Grove 15 April 1908, PGHS ’26?, UC ’31 ROTC (Pacific Grove Tribune 28 May 1980 p3A)
Monterey Peninsula Herald, CA May 25, 1980 p4
Norman H. Adams, 72, of Pebble Beach, a retired U.S. Army colonel, was pronounced dead Friday at Silas B. Hays hospital after collapsing while playing golf on the Fort Ord Golf Course. Born April 15, 1906, in Pacific Grove, Col. Adams entered the service in 1931 after receiving an ROTC Commission upon his graduation from the University of California at Berkeley. After going on active duty with the Army Air Corps, he held a number of assignments, including that of instructor and administrative officer at the Armored School and as executive officer and commanding officer of engineer battalions at Camp Beal and Camp Bowie, Texas. During 1944 and 1945, he commanded an engineer battalion in France and Germany. After returning to the United States he commanded engineer battalions at Camp Campbell, Ky., and from 1947 to 1948, he served as a member of the Military Advisory Group in Nanking, China. Returning to the United States again in 1949, he was assigned to the Army Field Forces Board Two at Fort Knox, Ky. He later served in Alaska and as chief of plans and training for the engineer section at Sixth Army headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco. He was a member of the Retired officers Association and the Fort Ord Golf Association. He is survived by his wife, Lillian, of Pebble Beach and sisters, Mrs. George Carter of Monterey, Mrs. John Wentworth of Ojai and Mrs. Barbara Gates of Joseph, Ore. Private family services will be held with inurnment at a later date at El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove. An autopsy was to be performed to determine cause of death. The family prefers contributions to the Heart Fund, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel. The California Cremation Society is in charge of arrangements.
Information supplied by Mary S. Taylor
CADI: ADAMS NORMAN HORACE 1908 04 15 TENNEY MALE CA MONTEREY 1980 05 23 549665921 72
Pacific Grove Public Library Local History Card File
Adams, Norman - PGHS ’21, UC Berkeley (1927 Sea Urchin Alumni Notes p25, also 1928 and 1928 Sea Urchin Alumni notes)
Adams, Norman Mrs. – sailed to join husband, Lt. Col. Adams in Nanking, China (Pacific Grove Tribune 4 July 1947 p3)
Adams, Norman H. Col. – 72, US Army retired, obit, died 5/23/80, of Pebble Beach, collapsed on Fort Ord golf course, born in Pacific Grove 15 April 1908, PGHS ’26?, UC ’31 ROTC (Pacific Grove Tribune 28 May 1980 p3A)
Monterey Peninsula Herald, CA May 25, 1980 p4
Norman H. Adams, 72, of Pebble Beach, a retired U.S. Army colonel, was pronounced dead Friday at Silas B. Hays hospital after collapsing while playing golf on the Fort Ord Golf Course. Born April 15, 1906, in Pacific Grove, Col. Adams entered the service in 1931 after receiving an ROTC Commission upon his graduation from the University of California at Berkeley. After going on active duty with the Army Air Corps, he held a number of assignments, including that of instructor and administrative officer at the Armored School and as executive officer and commanding officer of engineer battalions at Camp Beal and Camp Bowie, Texas. During 1944 and 1945, he commanded an engineer battalion in France and Germany. After returning to the United States he commanded engineer battalions at Camp Campbell, Ky., and from 1947 to 1948, he served as a member of the Military Advisory Group in Nanking, China. Returning to the United States again in 1949, he was assigned to the Army Field Forces Board Two at Fort Knox, Ky. He later served in Alaska and as chief of plans and training for the engineer section at Sixth Army headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco. He was a member of the Retired officers Association and the Fort Ord Golf Association. He is survived by his wife, Lillian, of Pebble Beach and sisters, Mrs. George Carter of Monterey, Mrs. John Wentworth of Ojai and Mrs. Barbara Gates of Joseph, Ore. Private family services will be held with inurnment at a later date at El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove. An autopsy was to be performed to determine cause of death. The family prefers contributions to the Heart Fund, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel. The California Cremation Society is in charge of arrangements.
Information supplied by Mary S. Taylor

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