He was listed as Missing in Action near Untack, North Korea while attempting to find a lost ambulance on November 24, 1950 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
For his leadership and valor, Lieutenant Colonel Atchley was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Also see two other Cenotaphs on FAG Memprials 116465412 and 118999800
When Oren Calvin Atchley was born on 3 December 1911, in De Kalb, Bowie, Texas, United States, his father, Irvin Harrison Atchley, was 23 and his mother, Ruby Lee Johns, was 17. He married Linnie Olive Robinson on 26 August 1935, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States. He lived in Commerce, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1950 and Hunt, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1950. He died on 31 December 1953, in North Korea, at the age of 42, and was buried in Korea.
He was listed as Missing in Action near Untack, North Korea while attempting to find a lost ambulance on November 24, 1950 and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
For his leadership and valor, Lieutenant Colonel Atchley was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Also see two other Cenotaphs on FAG Memprials 116465412 and 118999800
When Oren Calvin Atchley was born on 3 December 1911, in De Kalb, Bowie, Texas, United States, his father, Irvin Harrison Atchley, was 23 and his mother, Ruby Lee Johns, was 17. He married Linnie Olive Robinson on 26 August 1935, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States. He lived in Commerce, Hunt, Texas, United States in 1950 and Hunt, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1950. He died on 31 December 1953, in North Korea, at the age of 42, and was buried in Korea.
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