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PVT Halbert Adams
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PVT Halbert Adams Veteran

Birth
Dumas, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA
Death
28 Jul 1918 (aged 18)
France
Monument
Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing
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He had enlisted in the Army. Served during World War I. He had the rank of Private. Served with 42nd Division, 167th Infantry Regiment.

On the next day, July 27, the weakened 167th (Alabama) and 168th (Iowa) regiments of the 84th Brigade were joined by the “Rainbow’s” fresh 83rd Brigade. Regiments abreast, the full “Rainbow” Division attacked across the Ourcq River on the morning of July 28, and opened the battles on the hills east of the river. After four days of hard fighting by both sides, the Germans began a massive retreat toward the Rhine River on August 2, 1918. Casualties in this operation for the “Rainbow” were 184 officers and 5,469 men.
http://croixrougefarm.org/history-167th/

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Halbert Adams
State Registered: Alabama
Death Date: 28 Jul 1918
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Action or Buried at Sea
Cemetery City: Belleau
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: Private, U.S. Army
Rank: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor RollKilled in World War I. Place is unknown.
He had enlisted in the Army. Served during World War I. He had the rank of Private. Served with 42nd Division, 167th Infantry Regiment.

On the next day, July 27, the weakened 167th (Alabama) and 168th (Iowa) regiments of the 84th Brigade were joined by the “Rainbow’s” fresh 83rd Brigade. Regiments abreast, the full “Rainbow” Division attacked across the Ourcq River on the morning of July 28, and opened the battles on the hills east of the river. After four days of hard fighting by both sides, the Germans began a massive retreat toward the Rhine River on August 2, 1918. Casualties in this operation for the “Rainbow” were 184 officers and 5,469 men.
http://croixrougefarm.org/history-167th/

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Halbert Adams
State Registered: Alabama
Death Date: 28 Jul 1918
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Action or Buried at Sea
Cemetery City: Belleau
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: Private, U.S. Army
Rank: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor RollKilled in World War I. Place is unknown.

Gravesite Details

Entered service from Alabama



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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55947444/halbert-adams: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Halbert Adams (2 Jan 1900–28 Jul 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55947444, citing Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).