USS Arizona ROC

• Name of Record: James Dillion Adkison
• Branch: United States Navy
• Service Number: 356 26 31
• Rate: S1/c (Seaman First Class)
• Duties: Know naval drill duties, knots, steering and signaling. Stand watch and gunnery duties.
• Enlisted: 14 March 1940
• Place: Dallas, Texas
• Onboard USS Arizona: 25 August 1940
• From: NTS San Diego

• Birth Name: James Dillion Adkison
• Date of Birth: 17 April 1920
• Place of Birth: Elbert, Texas
• School: Lubbock High School
• Hometown / State on December 1941: Lubbock, Texas
• Next of Kin: Mr. Edward Washington Adkison - Father
• Address: 1914 18th Street, Lubbock, Texas
• Parents: Edward Washington Adkison & Rosa Lee Selvage Adkison

• Disposition: Unrecoverable – Among the 900+ souls still onboard the USS Arizona
• Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/Star, WWII Victory Medal

Photo and Service information from the Vincent J. Vlach, USN Ret., (USS Arizona Survivor & Ship's Historian) and I. B. Nease, USNR Ret., (USS Arizona Historian) Collections [privately held collections]
Other Information, Documents, and/or Photos provided by N. A. Nease [privately held collection]
Report of Changes: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135