Rank and Name, Private John Calvin Atchison.
Unit/Placed in, Marine Detachment, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battleship, United States Marine Corps.
John is born approx. on 23 Feb. 1922 in Sparta, Illinois.
Father, Earl X. Atchison.
Mother, Ethel S. (Ragsdale) Atchison.
Sister(s), Jaqueline J. Atchison.
John enlisted the service in Missouri with service number # 291613.
John was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
John is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
John is also mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, VS.
Thanks to, https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/ussarizonacasualties.htm
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
