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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
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
6385492 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
23 February 1945 - Place of
death
Krauthausen, south of Jülich, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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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