Jones J Adams

Pvt Jones Adams was killed in action on 26 June 1944, serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment. On 26 June 1944, the 175th Infantry Regiment was holding the salient at Hill 108, roughly three miles from St. Lô, a position that had come under sustained German pressure. The regiment's battalions rotated through the forward line during this period, absorbing one major counter-attack and several smaller ones as they worked to hold the ground already gained. The after-action records do not spell out the exact day-by-day rotation schedule, but they confirm that regimental troops were engaged in defending this contested position through the closing days of June. Pvt Adams was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.