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Personal info

Full name
ATCHLEY, Alfred Allen
Date of birth
9 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38128485
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Heckhuscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 2 1

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin D. Atchley (father)
Nellie L. (Bartley) Atchley (mother)
Jessie E. Atchley (sister)
William E.T. Atchley (brother)
Terry A. Atchley (son)

More information

Pfc Alfred A. Atchley enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 May 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy Belgium Block A, Row 9, Grave 212.

His brother, William E.T. Atchley, was killed on on 1 March 1945 and is resting next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, www.ancestry.com - Deanna Johnson