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Wilson McKnight

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Wilson McKnight

Birth
Quinlan, Woodward County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
5 Dec 1975 (aged 60)
Burial
Belleville, Yell County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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Twins Wilson and Woodrow Bain McKnight were born to Byron "Gus" Augustus McKnight and his wife, Viola Lee Suddath, while their father was serving as a Methodist minister in (Quinlan) Woodward, OK. The twins had 7 older siblings, Viola "Frances" (Wherry), William "Milton", Augustus "Gus" H, Paul James, Gladys Elizabeth (Galloway), Thomas Eugene and John B McKnight. They had 2 younger siblings, Virginia Lee (Moudy) and Joseph Warren McKnight.

In 1940, he was a member of the Paris, Logan County, Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corp.

Along with 3 of his brothers, Thomas E (KIA in the Phillipines), Woodrow, and Joseph, he served in the military in World War II. US Army Sergeant: Wilson McKnight of Belleville, Arkansas is listed as a Sergeant in the "A" Battery Personnel list of the 90th Infantry Division attached to the 343rd Field Artillery Battalion from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to VE-Day, May 8, 1945. The 90th Infantry Division was activated 25 March 1942, shipped out to Europe on 23rd March 1944 and arrived in England on 5 April 1944. Some elements of the 90th saw action on 6 June 1944, D-Day, Utah Beach, Normandy, France. The rest of the Division entered combat 10 June.

In the 1950s he lived in Lonoke, Arkansas.
Twins Wilson and Woodrow Bain McKnight were born to Byron "Gus" Augustus McKnight and his wife, Viola Lee Suddath, while their father was serving as a Methodist minister in (Quinlan) Woodward, OK. The twins had 7 older siblings, Viola "Frances" (Wherry), William "Milton", Augustus "Gus" H, Paul James, Gladys Elizabeth (Galloway), Thomas Eugene and John B McKnight. They had 2 younger siblings, Virginia Lee (Moudy) and Joseph Warren McKnight.

In 1940, he was a member of the Paris, Logan County, Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corp.

Along with 3 of his brothers, Thomas E (KIA in the Phillipines), Woodrow, and Joseph, he served in the military in World War II. US Army Sergeant: Wilson McKnight of Belleville, Arkansas is listed as a Sergeant in the "A" Battery Personnel list of the 90th Infantry Division attached to the 343rd Field Artillery Battalion from D-Day, June 6, 1944, to VE-Day, May 8, 1945. The 90th Infantry Division was activated 25 March 1942, shipped out to Europe on 23rd March 1944 and arrived in England on 5 April 1944. Some elements of the 90th saw action on 6 June 1944, D-Day, Utah Beach, Normandy, France. The rest of the Division entered combat 10 June.

In the 1950s he lived in Lonoke, Arkansas.

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  • Created by: Lisa Battern Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Added: Nov 30, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121019951/wilson-mcknight: accessed ), memorial page for Wilson McKnight (11 Jan 1915–5 Dec 1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121019951, citing Russell Cemetery, Belleville, Yell County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Lisa Battern (contributor 46546716).