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WWII Solider Returns Home

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Updated: January 8, 2010

WWII Veteran Killed In Action
Will Be Returned Home After 60+ Years

WWII Veteran Atkins Returns to Athens

Article By: Jenni Williams, The Guardian-Journal
 
An Athens, LA youth killed in action in 1942 is finally being put to rest where he belongs.

Sergeant Aubie Lee Atkins Jr., 22, died defending his country as a radioman in the military on December 5, 1942, in the Southwest Pacific area.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 16 in Athens at 10:30 a.m. at Salem Cemetery.

The military will be escorting Atkins’ remains from Dallas to Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Arcadia and then on to Salem Cemetery.

The Rev. Gil Arthur, Lt. Col. United States Army National Guard, will deliver the memorial service, which will include a full 21 gun salute. Full military honors and a "fly-over" to honor Atkins will be at this time.

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