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Personal info

Full name
ATKINS, Byron R
Date of birth
31 December 1915
Age
28
Place of birth
Pittman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33828616
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Near Reichshoffen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 10 53

Immediate family

Members
Lynn J. Atkins (father)
Loyetta S. (Bordner) Atkins (mother)
Bertha M. Atkins (sister)
Ruth A. Atkins (sister)
Lynn O. Atkins (brother)

More information

Pfc Byron R. Atkins enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 5 July 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a driver before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Hochfelden, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Krupa Snyder Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, http://www.45thdivision.org
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