Atkins Rufus S.

Monuments

First Division Monument (San Mihiel)

Name:

Rufus S. Atkins

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-02-02

State:

North Carolina

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cem., Arlington, Virginia

Plot:

Section 18, Site 4321

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

When Rufus S. Atkins was born in October 1897 in Surry, North Carolina, his father, Henderson, was 23 and his mother, Dora, was 23. He had two brothers. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.He was Killed in Action on February 2, 1918 in Lorraine France at the age of 20 and is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. His middle initial is spelled as A in his headstone.