US PARAS Atkinson, John William, Jr

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Atkinson
  • FORENAME
John William, Jr
  • UNIT
501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company,1 Bn)
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
0-1303829
  • DATE OF DEATH
8th June 1944
  • AGE
30
  • GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot D Row 8 Grave 19
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Cuyahoga County, Ohio
born 06.01.1914, Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
father John William Atkinson (1888-1969)
mother Sophia (nee Kahmar) Atkinson (1889-1976)
12.1937 married Betty Jane (nee Mitchell) (divorced 1940)
wife Margaret (nee Kelso) Schleip (1910-2004)
son William Kelso Atkinson (1944-1969)
4 years high school
civil occupation Managers and officials
employed by Wheeling Steel Company
divorced with dependents upon enlistment
16.10.1940 draft card Portsmouth, Ohio
25.09.1941 entered service Huntington, West Virginia
KIA Normandy
 
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