Pvt. W. H. Wilkins Killed in Action On Italian Front
Pvt. William H. Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Wilkins, formerly of near Sunbury, was killed in action in Italy on November 16, according to a telegram to his parents from the War Department. Before entering the Army three years ago, Pvt. Wilkins had lived all his life in Gates county, farming with his father. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins moved to near Chuckatuck, Va., this year. Until five years ago the family had lived on the C. H. Carter farm, later moving to near Sunbury and then to Virginia. He was a grandson of Mrs. Martha Greene of Sunbury. Besides his parents he is survived by seven brothers, and two sisters. One brother, Willie Wilkins, is with the Army in California.
Published in the Gates County Index (Gatesville, North Carolina) on Wednesday December 13, 1944 p1
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Obituary lists date of death as November 16, 1944 and does not match headstone date of death of October 16, 1944 but O. F. Wilkins is listed as father in both obituary and U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Pvt. William H. Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Wilkins, formerly of near Sunbury, was killed in action in Italy on November 16, according to a telegram to his parents from the War Department. Before entering the Army three years ago, Pvt. Wilkins had lived all his life in Gates county, farming with his father. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins moved to near Chuckatuck, Va., this year. Until five years ago the family had lived on the C. H. Carter farm, later moving to near Sunbury and then to Virginia. He was a grandson of Mrs. Martha Greene of Sunbury. Besides his parents he is survived by seven brothers, and two sisters. One brother, Willie Wilkins, is with the Army in California.
Published in the Gates County Index (Gatesville, North Carolina) on Wednesday December 13, 1944 p1
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Obituary lists date of death as November 16, 1944 and does not match headstone date of death of October 16, 1944 but O. F. Wilkins is listed as father in both obituary and U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Pvt. W. H. Wilkins Killed in Action On Italian Front
Pvt. William H. Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Wilkins, formerly of near Sunbury, was killed in action in Italy on November 16, according to a telegram to his parents from the War Department. Before entering the Army three years ago, Pvt. Wilkins had lived all his life in Gates county, farming with his father. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins moved to near Chuckatuck, Va., this year. Until five years ago the family had lived on the C. H. Carter farm, later moving to near Sunbury and then to Virginia. He was a grandson of Mrs. Martha Greene of Sunbury. Besides his parents he is survived by seven brothers, and two sisters. One brother, Willie Wilkins, is with the Army in California.
Published in the Gates County Index (Gatesville, North Carolina) on Wednesday December 13, 1944 p1
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Obituary lists date of death as November 16, 1944 and does not match headstone date of death of October 16, 1944 but O. F. Wilkins is listed as father in both obituary and U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
Pvt. William H. Wilkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Wilkins, formerly of near Sunbury, was killed in action in Italy on November 16, according to a telegram to his parents from the War Department. Before entering the Army three years ago, Pvt. Wilkins had lived all his life in Gates county, farming with his father. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins moved to near Chuckatuck, Va., this year. Until five years ago the family had lived on the C. H. Carter farm, later moving to near Sunbury and then to Virginia. He was a grandson of Mrs. Martha Greene of Sunbury. Besides his parents he is survived by seven brothers, and two sisters. One brother, Willie Wilkins, is with the Army in California.
Published in the Gates County Index (Gatesville, North Carolina) on Wednesday December 13, 1944 p1
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Obituary lists date of death as November 16, 1944 and does not match headstone date of death of October 16, 1944 but O. F. Wilkins is listed as father in both obituary and U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949
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