- 1941: Pearl Harbor Casualty
- USS Arizona Memorial
- US Navy Seaman - World War II
- Posthumous Purple Heart Recipient
Seaman 1st Class James Dillion Adkison was born 17 April 1920 in Elbert, Throckmorton County, Texas, United States to Edward Washington Adkison (1875-1956) and Rosa Lee Selvage (1877-1970) and died 7 December 1941 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States of unspecified causes.
1941 Pearl Harbor Attack
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941. The attack, also known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor, led to the United States' formal entry into World War II.
This sailor was a casualty of the horrific explosion that day onboard the USS Arizona and is remembered at the USS Arizona Memorial.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Clara Mae Adkison (1893-1970) | |||
| Bessie Jean Adkison (1895-1970) | |||
| Rosetta Odessa Adkison (1900-1975) | |||
| Edward Washington Adkison (1907-1990) | |||
| Mildred Adkison (1910-1998) | |||
| James Dillion Adkison (1920-1941) | 17 April 1920 Elbert, Throckmorton County, Texas, United States | 7 December 1941 USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States | |
| Irene Aunee Adkison (1923-2001) | |||
Residences
See Also
- James Adkison
- Adkison Family
- Adkison in Throckmorton County, Texas
- Adkison in Honolulu County, Hawaii
- Adkison, James Dillion, USSArizona.org, https://www.ussarizona.org/individual-profiles/uss-arizona-casualty-profiles/adkison-james-dillion-s1c-usn-texas, retrieved 08 Jun 2024
- James Dillion Adkison at Find A Grave