John C. Atchison - Unaccounted For

	NAME John Calvin Atchison	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER 291613
	UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona	HOME OF RECORD 2009 Oregon Avenue St. Louis, MO	NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Earl Atchison
	DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1922 at Sparta, IL	ENTERED SERVICE August 14, 1940 at St. Louis, MO	DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941
	REGION Hawaiian Islands	CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor	CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Private John C. Atchison was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when the ship, struck by bombs that detonated her forward magazine, sank to the bottom of Pearl Harbor.Atchison was not seen after the attack, and was declared dead as of 7 December 1941.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart	LAST KNOWN RANK Private	STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered.	MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial