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Personal info

Full name
WILKIE, Robert Daniel "Dan"
Date of birth
7 October 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina
Hometown
Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
6385492
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
23 February 1945
Place of death
Krauthausen, south of Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
William G. Wilkie (father)
Laura L. (Younce) Wilkie (mother)
Bertha C. Wilkie (sister)
Ethel E. Wilkie (sister)
Flora V. Wilkie (sister)
William H. Wilkie (brother)
Thomas H. Wilkie (brother)
William W. Wilkie (brother)
Barbara A. (Evans) Wilkie (wife)
Elizabeth A. Wilkie (daughter)
Susan L. Wilkie (daughter)

More information

Robert D. Wilkie was employed at the shipyards in Mobile, Alabama before he enlisted in April 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Barbara Wilkie Tedford, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Evans Family Tree, www.oldhickory30th.com, http://newspapers.digitalnc.org

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Barbara Wilkie Tedford