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Elden Atchinson

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Elden Atchinson Veteran

Birth
Death
20 Feb 1945 (aged 22)
Iwo Jima, Ogasawara-shichō, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
Burial
San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B Site 280
Memorial ID
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USMC World War II
Pfc. Elden Atchinson KIA Volcano Is, February 20, 1945,
Unit Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Berkeley, Calififornia
Father, Mr. George A. Atchinson
service# 395009
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Details of career here.
The battalion was activated on November 20, 1942, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Iwo Jima D-day 19 February 1945 1/23 Lt/Col. Ralph Haas
The 23d Marines landed over YELLOW Beach and sustained the brunt of the first round of Japanese combined arms fire.
USMC World War II
Pfc. Elden Atchinson KIA Volcano Is, February 20, 1945,
Unit Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines 4th Marine Division, FMF
Hometown: Berkeley, Calififornia
Father, Mr. George A. Atchinson
service# 395009
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart

Details of career here.
The battalion was activated on November 20, 1942, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
Iwo Jima D-day 19 February 1945 1/23 Lt/Col. Ralph Haas
The 23d Marines landed over YELLOW Beach and sustained the brunt of the first round of Japanese combined arms fire.

Inscription

California
PFC 23 Marines
World War II


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