Stanley T. Adams
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 76 years 345 days (923 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Stanley "Stan" Taylor Adams (May 9, 1922 – April 19, 1999) was a United States Army officer who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War.
A native of Kansas, Adams fought in World War II as an enlisted soldier.He was sent to Korea as a sergeant soon after the outbreak of war there, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge against a numerically superior force in early 1951.
Commissioned as an officer shortly after receiving the medal, Adams continued to serve into the Vietnam War, eventually retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
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