Venters Adam, Jr.

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Adam, Jr. Venters is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Villeneuve-sur-Auvers American Cemetery Memorial

Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry American Servicemen Monument

Name:

Adam, Jr. Venters

Rank:

Private First Class

Serial Number:

35771201

Unit:

179th Engineers

Date of Death:

1944-08-23

State:

Kentucky

Cemetery:

Williamson Cemetery, Tomahawk, Martin County, Kentucky, USA

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Adam Venters Jr. was born in 1924 in Kentucky. He was the son of Adam "Add" Venters and Vasie Dingess. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at Huntington, West Virginia, on July 28, 1943, and was assigned to Company A, 179th Engineer Combat Battalion, as a Private First Class.

On August 23, 1944, during the assault crossing of the Seine River near Tilly, France, PFC Venters was killed in action when an enemy artillery shell struck his company's half-track. He is now buried in the Williamson Cemetery, Tomahawk, Martin County, Kentucky, USA.

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