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Personal info

Full name
WILKERSON, Barney E
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Louisiana
Hometown
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38656162
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Wingen-sur-Moder, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 39 35

Immediate family

Members
Mathew H. Wilkerson (father)
Leola (Patch) Wilkerson (mother)
John C. Wilkerson (brother)
Elve Wilkerson (sister)
Ora Wilkerson (brother)
Otis Wilkerson (brother)
Velma Wilkerson (sister)
Averl Wilkerson (sister)
Vester H. Wilkerson (brother)

More information

Pfc Barney E. Wilkerson enlisted in Camp Beauregard, Louisiana on 19 May 1944.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Moore Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com
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