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Personal info

Full name
ATKINSON, Edward Lee
Date of birth
22 August 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Medicine Mound, Hardeman County, Texas
Hometown
Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38232919
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Truck Driver
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Hardt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 13 19

Immediate family

Members
William A. Atkinson (father)
Alma J. (Barnes) Atkinson (mother)
Ottis C. Atkinson (brother)
Pauline Atkinson (sister)
Urbine L. Atkinson (brother)
William A. "Junior" Atkinson Jr. (brother)
James W. Atkinson (brother)
Joella A. Atkinson (sister)
Jamie M. Atkinson (sister)
Etta M. (Lance) Atkinson (wife)

More information

T/5 Edward L. Atkinson attended high school for 3 years and worked on a farm.

He enlisted in Abilene, Texas on 28 November 1942 and trained at Camp Maxey and Camp Swift, Texas and at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He as sent overseas six months before his death.

At the time of his death, three of his brothers were also serving overseas. They were Pfc William A. Atkinson, with the engineers in Italy, Cpl James W. Atkinson, a paratrooper engineer in the Philippines and Lt U.L. Atkinson who was recovering from wounds in a Philippine hospital.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Abilene Reporter News 11 March 1945 / Family Trees, Fallen Not Forgotten, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, www.newspapers.com - Quanah Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Fred Munckhof, Paula J