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Personal info

Full name
WILKERSON, George Wilburn
Date of birth
28 February 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Wetumka, Hughes County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38697639
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
327th Engineer Combat Battalion,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 16 16

Immediate family

Members
James W. Wilkerson (father)
Madgie M. (Kimbrough) Wilkerson (mother)
Roy C. Wilkerson (brother)
Walter H. Wilkerson (brother)
William P. Wilkerson (brother)
Ruth T. Wilkerson (sister)
Robert L. Wilkerson (brother)
Maxine E. Wilkerson (sister)
Herman Wilkerson (brother)
Leona Wilkerson (wife)
George Wilkerson (son)
Doyle D. Wilkerson (son)

More information

Pvt George W. Wilkerson enlisted in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 22 April 1944
'Co B furnished 12 men as boatcrewman to the 406 Inf for patrolling action across the Rhine River. The patrols were fired upon by two machine guns just as they reached the far shore, thereby making it impossible to complete the mission. To date only three of the Engineer crewmen have returned.'

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census, Janice Maureen Pike, After Action Report 327th Engr Combat Bn

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, www.ancestry.com - R. Haydon