James Bradshaw Adamson
James Bradshaw Adamson (27 December 1921 – 13 January 2003) was a Major General in the United States Army.[1] A graduate of West Point, the United States Military Academy, in the Class of 1944, Adamson was commissioned into the Infantry and saw active service in Korea and Vietnam.
After leaving the Second Brigade, Fourth Infantry Division in 1967, he was appointed to the professorial chair of Military Science at The Citadel Military College.[2]
Adamson was awarded the following military decorations: Distinguished Service Medal (DSM), Legion of Merit (LM) with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Silver Star (SS), Purple Heart (PH), Bronze Star Medal (BSM), Air Medal (AM) with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM).
Adamson's last posting was as Commander of Military District of Washington, which involved coordinating the military with the White House and supervising various ceremonial events, such as burials in Arlington National Cemetery. Among them was the state funeral of President Lyndon B Johnson.
He retired from active service in the Army in 1974.
Adamson first married Marjorie Ann McCabe and together they had four sons. Their son Patrick died in 1996. This marriage ended in divorce after which he was married to Shirley Miller.
Upon his death in 2003, in Jupiter, Florida, he was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery (Section 7, Grave 10201-B-1).[3]
References
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1921 births
- United States Military Academy alumni
- United States Army generals
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
- The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina faculty
- University of Miami alumni
- 2003 deaths
- Recipients of the Air Medal
- Recipients of the Silver Star
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery