 Birth | September 28, 1930 22 25 |
 Birth of a brother | Earnest Rudolph Atkin November 17, 1931 (Age 13 months) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Albert Allen Atkin June 18, 1933 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Kenneth Leroy Atkin July 6, 1934 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | 1935 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 11 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | 1945 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 19 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a brother | Kenneth Leroy Atkin July 30, 1956 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a mother | Helen Viola Virginia Page February 21, 1964 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a father | Mall Anders Atkin December 22, 1968 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 15 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | October 9, 1990 (Age 60 years) |