Thomas E. Atkins | |
Birth Date: | February 5, 1921 |
Death Date: | September 15, 1999 (aged 78) |
Birth Place: | Campobello, South Carolina |
Death Place: | Inman, South Carolina |
Placeofburial: | Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery, Holly Springs, South Carolina |
Placeofburial Label: | Place of burial |
Allegiance: | United States of America |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1942–1945 |
Rank: | Corporal |
Unit: | Company A, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Medal of Honor Bronze Star Purple Heart |
Thomas E. Atkins (February 5, 1921 – September 15, 1999) was a Private in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for actions in World War II during a skirmish on 10 March 1945 in the Battle of Luzon.[1]
He joined the Army from his birth town in December 1942.[2]
Atkins retired from the army and settled in his home town of Campobello, South Carolina where he eventually became a farmer. He died on 15 September 1999, from congestive heart failure.