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Personal info

Full name
ATKINSON, Russell Hughes
Date of birth
3 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan
Hometown
Bay City, Bay County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36582387
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
50th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Meurthe-et-Moselle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 33 34

Immediate family

Members
Clarence W. Atkinson (father)
Zoe B. (Hughes) Atkinson (mother)
Roy C. Atkinson (brother)
Ross W. Atkinson (brother)
Muriel A. Atkinson (sister)
Clarence C. Atkinson (brother)
Eugene Atkinson (brother)

More information

Pvt Russell H. Atkinson was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.6tharmoreddivision.com
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