Arkansas Doughboy Database

Ranzie Walter Adams

Date of Birth: October 18, 1894

Residence: Paragould, Greene County

Occupation: Cooper (Craftsmen)

Entry into Service: May 24, 1917

Date of Death: May 28, 1918

Service Number: 1590218

Ranks:

  • Private, May 24, 1917
  • Cook, August 23, 1917
  • Private, September 1, 1917 

Units:

  • Company H, 154th Infantry Regiment, May 24, 1917 – October 26, 1917
  • Company A, 154th Infantry Regiment, October 27, 1917 – April 13, 1918
  • 2nd Company, Camp Beauregard April Infantry Replacement Draft, April 13, 1918 – May 12, 1918
  • 2nd Infantry Training Battalion, 28th Infantry, May 12, 1918 – May 21, 1918
  • Company E, 28th Infantry Regiment, May 24, 1918 – May 28, 1918

Overseas Service:

  • Date of Departure, April 23, 1918, onboard SS Mercury 
  • Date of Return, March 14, 1921, onboard USAT Somme
  • Frontline Service,
    • Cantigny sector, France, May 24, 1918 – May 28, 1918
  • Pvt. Adams was killed in action on May 28, 1918, during the Battle of Cantigny.

Resting Place:

Browns Chapel Cemetery,

Paragould, Arkansas