Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Carl Dean Atkison.
Unit/Placed in, USS Pillsbury (DD-227) Destroyer, United States Navy.
Carl is born approx. on 15 April 1918 in Missouri.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
Carl enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 3285986.
Carl was KIA when the USS Pillsbury Sunk by a Japanese surface action in the Bali Strait, on March 2, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Carl is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148
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
