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Personal info

Full name
WILKINSON, George Wayne
Date of birth
10 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio
Hometown
Wood County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35297695
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
Montenau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 7 8

Immediate family

Members
George W. Wilkinson (father)
Ella M. (Thomas) Wilkinson (mother)
Marcus A. Wilkinson (brother)
Elinor E. Wilkinson (sister)
Robert F. Wilkinson (brother)
Gurlene Wilkinson (wife)
William J. Wilkinson (son)

More information

Pfc George Wayne Wilkinson attended high school for four years and was an editor and publisher of the North Baltimore Weekly.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 23 December 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, William J. Wilkinson, Toledo Blade 9-feb-1945, www.ancestry.com - Juanita Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Storiesbehindthestars.org