Boyce Atkins died while serving as company First Sergeant for L Company, Third Battalion, 23rd Marines. He received a shell fragment wound in his abdomen during the battle of Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945, and was evacuated to the USS Pinkney for treatment. Atkins died the following day, and was buried at sea from the Pinkney on 27 February. The location was given as 18°20'N 143°24'E.
A memorial marker also stands here: Boyce Atkins∼USMC World War II
1st/Sgt. Boyce E. Atkins , KIA February 26, 1945, Iwo Jima.
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:South Carolina
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Atkins
service# 504098
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Wounds received in battle of Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945,he was evacuated to the USS Pinkney for treatment. Atkins died the following day, and was buried at sea with military honors from the Pinkney on 27 February.
Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Cenotaph here Boyce Atkins
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameA.htm
A memorial marker also stands here: Boyce Atkins∼USMC World War II
1st/Sgt. Boyce E. Atkins , KIA February 26, 1945, Iwo Jima.
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:South Carolina
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Atkins
service# 504098
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Wounds received in battle of Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945,he was evacuated to the USS Pinkney for treatment. Atkins died the following day, and was buried at sea with military honors from the Pinkney on 27 February.
Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Cenotaph here Boyce Atkins
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameA.htm
Boyce Atkins died while serving as company First Sergeant for L Company, Third Battalion, 23rd Marines. He received a shell fragment wound in his abdomen during the battle of Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945, and was evacuated to the USS Pinkney for treatment. Atkins died the following day, and was buried at sea from the Pinkney on 27 February. The location was given as 18°20'N 143°24'E.
A memorial marker also stands here: Boyce Atkins∼USMC World War II
1st/Sgt. Boyce E. Atkins , KIA February 26, 1945, Iwo Jima.
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:South Carolina
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Atkins
service# 504098
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Wounds received in battle of Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945,he was evacuated to the USS Pinkney for treatment. Atkins died the following day, and was buried at sea with military honors from the Pinkney on 27 February.
Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Cenotaph here Boyce Atkins
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameA.htm
A memorial marker also stands here: Boyce Atkins∼USMC World War II
1st/Sgt. Boyce E. Atkins , KIA February 26, 1945, Iwo Jima.
Unit Company B, 1st Battalion, 28th Marines 5th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown:South Carolina
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Atkins
service# 504098
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
Wounds received in battle of Iwo Jima on 25 February 1945,he was evacuated to the USS Pinkney for treatment. Atkins died the following day, and was buried at sea with military honors from the Pinkney on 27 February.
Courts of the Missing Honolulu Memorial Cenotaph here Boyce Atkins
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNameA.htm
Inscription
He gave his life on Iwo Jima serving with the Fourth Marine Div
Gravesite Details
Cenotaph. This Marine was buried at sea from the USS Pinkney.
Entered the service from South Carolina.
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