Birth: 22 NOV 1911 in Calvin, Hughes County, Oklahoma 1
Death: 28 AUG 1970 in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Father: James Barton ATKINSON b: 21 MAR 1887 in Comanche County, Texas
Mother: Georgia Eunice RUSSELL b: 8 JAN 1891 in Wilson County, Texas
Marriage 1 Eunice HIGGINS b: 15 FEB 1899 in Reagan, Falls County, Texas
Married: 16 SEP 1936 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
Military Service: Career soldier in the United States Army. In World War II he was a second lieutenant in the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments of the 17th Airborne Division, was wounded near the Our River in Luxembourg, landed with the 17th in Germany in Operation Varsity, and was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
After resigning as a first lieutenant at the end of World War II, he reentered the army as a noncommissioned officer and served for a time with the 82nd Airborne Division. Later in his career he became a media specialist and served in Korea and Vietnam, including duty with Radio Vietnam. He retired from the service in 1968 and died in Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma of a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage.
His sister Jimmie Marie ATKINSON 1923-1952 is buried next to him.
Death: 28 AUG 1970 in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Father: James Barton ATKINSON b: 21 MAR 1887 in Comanche County, Texas
Mother: Georgia Eunice RUSSELL b: 8 JAN 1891 in Wilson County, Texas
Marriage 1 Eunice HIGGINS b: 15 FEB 1899 in Reagan, Falls County, Texas
Married: 16 SEP 1936 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
Military Service: Career soldier in the United States Army. In World War II he was a second lieutenant in the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments of the 17th Airborne Division, was wounded near the Our River in Luxembourg, landed with the 17th in Germany in Operation Varsity, and was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
After resigning as a first lieutenant at the end of World War II, he reentered the army as a noncommissioned officer and served for a time with the 82nd Airborne Division. Later in his career he became a media specialist and served in Korea and Vietnam, including duty with Radio Vietnam. He retired from the service in 1968 and died in Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma of a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage.
His sister Jimmie Marie ATKINSON 1923-1952 is buried next to him.
Birth: 22 NOV 1911 in Calvin, Hughes County, Oklahoma 1
Death: 28 AUG 1970 in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Father: James Barton ATKINSON b: 21 MAR 1887 in Comanche County, Texas
Mother: Georgia Eunice RUSSELL b: 8 JAN 1891 in Wilson County, Texas
Marriage 1 Eunice HIGGINS b: 15 FEB 1899 in Reagan, Falls County, Texas
Married: 16 SEP 1936 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
Military Service: Career soldier in the United States Army. In World War II he was a second lieutenant in the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments of the 17th Airborne Division, was wounded near the Our River in Luxembourg, landed with the 17th in Germany in Operation Varsity, and was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
After resigning as a first lieutenant at the end of World War II, he reentered the army as a noncommissioned officer and served for a time with the 82nd Airborne Division. Later in his career he became a media specialist and served in Korea and Vietnam, including duty with Radio Vietnam. He retired from the service in 1968 and died in Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma of a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage.
His sister Jimmie Marie ATKINSON 1923-1952 is buried next to him.
Death: 28 AUG 1970 in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Father: James Barton ATKINSON b: 21 MAR 1887 in Comanche County, Texas
Mother: Georgia Eunice RUSSELL b: 8 JAN 1891 in Wilson County, Texas
Marriage 1 Eunice HIGGINS b: 15 FEB 1899 in Reagan, Falls County, Texas
Married: 16 SEP 1936 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas
Military Service: Career soldier in the United States Army. In World War II he was a second lieutenant in the 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments of the 17th Airborne Division, was wounded near the Our River in Luxembourg, landed with the 17th in Germany in Operation Varsity, and was awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
After resigning as a first lieutenant at the end of World War II, he reentered the army as a noncommissioned officer and served for a time with the 82nd Airborne Division. Later in his career he became a media specialist and served in Korea and Vietnam, including duty with Radio Vietnam. He retired from the service in 1968 and died in Veterans Hospital, Muskogee, Oklahoma of a massive subarachnoid hemorrhage.
His sister Jimmie Marie ATKINSON 1923-1952 is buried next to him.
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