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Personal info

Full name
WILKER, Charles Pike
Date of birth
29 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Rocky Ford, Otero County, Colorado
Hometown
Hawley, Otero County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
38005556
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Near Utweiler, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 39 20

Immediate family

Members
Otto B. Wilker (father)
Myrtle P. (Pike) Wilker (mother)
Pansy E. Wilker (sister)
Roberta L. Wilker (sister)
Evelyn H. Wilker (sister)
Francis W. Wilker (sister)
Doris M. Wilker (sister)
Verna J. Wilker (sister)
Jimmie Wilker (brother)
Danna L. Wilker (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Charles P. Wilker attended high school for 1 year and worked on a farm before he enlisted on 13 January 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Carter Como Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
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