Name:
Elvin Laone Atchley
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
38563066
Unit:
1st Medical Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
Oklahoma
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
C
Row:
3
Grave:
63
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Elvin Laone Atchley was born on August 1, 1924 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma. He was the son of Leonard Earl Atchley and Nora Russell Atchley. Elvin served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private First Class in the 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France at the age of 19 and is now buried in Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.