Rank and Name, Sergeant George L. Atkinson.
Unit/Placed in, Coast Artillery Corps.
George is born approx. on 1914 in New York.
Father, Arnold L. Atkinson.
Mother, Lauretta C. Atkinson.
Sister(s), Mary C. and Lauretta Atkinson.
Brother(s), William A. Laurence L. Charles W. and Nathan Atkison.
George enlisted the service in New York with service number # 6718026.
George was KIA when the Japanese shelled his Base Corregidor on 2 May 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
George is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Thanks to, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Seacoast_defense_in_the_United_States
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
