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Personal info

Full name
WILKISON, Howard Byron
Date of birth
31 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana
Hometown
Gibson County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
6918369
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Germeter or Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 6 5

Immediate family

Members
Charles P. Wilkison (father)
Margaretta (Truckey) Wilkison (mother)
Elsie Wilkison (sister)
William Wilkison (brother)
Arthur Wilkison (brother)
Thomas Wilkison (brother)
Agatha Wilkison (sister)
Virginia Wilkison (sister)
Mary K. Wilkison (sister)
Anna L. Wilkison (sister)
Myrtle Wilkison (wife)

More information

Pvt Howard B. Wilkinson enlisted on 27 June 1940.

He attended 2 years of high school.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index 1936-2007 / 1920/1930/1940 Census, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-7.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet