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SGT Julia Velinda Atkins Veteran
1983 – 2005 Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum
- Birth
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Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Death
- 10 Dec 2005 (aged 22)
Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
- Burial
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Red Chute, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 32.5592639, Longitude: -93.6215806
- Plot
- Section 29
- Memorial ID
- 12817433 View Source
Sergeant Atkins is the first female soldier to become a Battalion Casualty since it was formed in 1942.
Julia was killed in action when an improvised explosive device detonated near her HMMWV during patrol operations in the Adhamiyah district of north Baghdad.
SGT Atkins was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart Medal.
Julia Atkins was the youngest of four children whose mother died when she was 12 years old.
She joined the Army shortly after getting her GED, in part because of a family history of military service. Julia was on her second tour of duty in the war and was scheduled to leave Iraq in February, she was planning to leave the Army and go to college.
September 2005 SGT Atkins posted this message in the Battalion News Letter from Iraq...
PFC Atkins To Shiri, "I just wanted to tell you that I love you! Take care – you are my strength. Hope you enjoy your new job!"
23 December 2005 The first female soldier from the Ark-La-Tex killed in Iraq has been laid to rest. Funeral services for were held Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Bossier. Sergeant Atkins was she was the 50th female soldier to die in the war in Iraq.
*Cemetery Bio info from Rosemary*
Sergeant Atkins is the first female soldier to become a Battalion Casualty since it was formed in 1942.
Julia was killed in action when an improvised explosive device detonated near her HMMWV during patrol operations in the Adhamiyah district of north Baghdad.
SGT Atkins was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart Medal.
Julia Atkins was the youngest of four children whose mother died when she was 12 years old.
She joined the Army shortly after getting her GED, in part because of a family history of military service. Julia was on her second tour of duty in the war and was scheduled to leave Iraq in February, she was planning to leave the Army and go to college.
September 2005 SGT Atkins posted this message in the Battalion News Letter from Iraq...
PFC Atkins To Shiri, "I just wanted to tell you that I love you! Take care – you are my strength. Hope you enjoy your new job!"
23 December 2005 The first female soldier from the Ark-La-Tex killed in Iraq has been laid to rest. Funeral services for were held Friday morning at First Baptist Church of Bossier. Sergeant Atkins was she was the 50th female soldier to die in the war in Iraq.
*Cemetery Bio info from Rosemary*
- Created by: Memories Never Dies
- Added: Dec 29, 2005
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12817433/julia_velinda-atkins: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Julia Velinda Atkins (14 Nov 1983–10 Dec 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12817433, citing Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Red Chute, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Memories Never Dies (contributor 46771588).