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SGT Hugh H Atkinson

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SGT Hugh H Atkinson Veteran

Birth
Death
6 Aug 1945 (aged 24–25)
Hiroshima, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
Burial
Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 82 Site 156
Memorial ID
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Radio operator of B-24J "Lonesome Lady" (serial number 44-40680). Shot down and crashed near Hiroshima on 28 July 1945. Taken prisoner and held at the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters. Died with at least ten other Americans held prisoner of war in the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima.
Radio operator of B-24J "Lonesome Lady" (serial number 44-40680). Shot down and crashed near Hiroshima on 28 July 1945. Taken prisoner and held at the Chugoku Military Police Headquarters. Died with at least ten other Americans held prisoner of war in the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima.

Inscription

SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II




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  • Created by: Jami
  • Added: Jan 6, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32720357/hugh_h-atkinson: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Hugh H Atkinson (1920–6 Aug 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32720357, citing Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Jami (contributor 46954307).