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Personal info

Full name
ATKINSON, Theodore Martin
Date of birth
27 February 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15010378
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 5 23

Immediate family

Members
Leander Atkinson (father)
Emma J. (Taylor) Atkinson (mother)
Dorothy E. Atkinson (sister)
Oscar Atkinson (brother)
Elsie C. Atkinson (sister)
Leander Atkinson (brother)
Mary L. (Callihan) Atkinson (wife)
David T. Atkinson (son)
Mae L. Atkinson (daughter)

More information

Sgt Theodore M. Atkinson joined the Regular Army in Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 12 July 1940.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Merry Colman Family Tree

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Owinm