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Personal info

Full name
WILKINSON, Charles M
Date of birth
4 February 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Batavia, Genesee County, New York
Hometown
Odessa, Chemung County, New York

Military service

Service number
42119293
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
2nd Battalion,
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Consdorf-Berdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 10 17

Immediate family

Members
Jonas G. Wilkinson (father)
Sadie E. (Copley) Wilkinson (mother)
William G. Wilkinson (brother)
Theodore C. Wilkinson (brother)
Richard L. Wilkinson (brother)
James L. Wilkinson (brother)
Lillian A. Wilkinson (wife)
Helen J. Wilkinson (daughter)
Nancy L. Wilkinson (daughter)
Susan Wilkinson (daughter)

More information

Pvt Charles M. Wilkinson worked as a retail manager before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 4 May 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Tim Nenno Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/ James G. Bilder, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Star-Gazette, Peter Ferretti