The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Benjamin Chandler Atkinson
Rank
Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 15 FA BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
April 22, 1951
Sergeant First Class Atkinson was a member of Headquarters Battery, 15th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hoengsong, South Korea on February 13, 1951 and was killed by an air raid on Suan Camp Complex, North Hwangehae Province, North Korea on April 22, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.