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CORPORAL
LAURENCE SHERMAN ADAMS was born in Morristown PA to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jamerson
and Margaret Adams on December 31, 1895. He attended the University of
Pennsylvania. While in college he served for 8 months as a
non-commissioned officer with the University of Pennsylvania
Battalion. Laurence
Sherman Adams registered for the draft at Camden NJ on June 5, 1917. He
was living at 915 Vine Street in North Camden. While the book CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR
reports that Lawrence Sherman Adams was a member of the Camden Police
Department, his draft card states that he was an accountant for a life
insurance company when called to National Service and sent to Camp Dix
for training.
Corporal
Adams was mortally wounded
in action on October 25, 1918 in the Argonne Forest battle, He was a
member of Company D, 309th Machine Gun Battalion, and on the morning of
October 25, his company was firing a barrage and the enemy answered it
with artillery fire. A shell struck two of the company's guns and
Corporal Adams was so severely wounded that he died the same day in a
hospital.
Corporal Laurence S. Adams was killed in action in the
Argonne Forest on October 25, 1918. Corporal
Jacob F. Currie, of 12 North 25th Street in East Camden, also serving with the 309th Machine Gun
Battalion, was killed the same day.
The book CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR
reports the Adams family as living at 553 Bailey Street in North Camden. The elder
Adams worked as an insurance agent. The Adams family lived at 430 Bailey Street
in North Camden after 1920. |
