World War II Honoree

Albert George Wilkes

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

James P. Soggs

Relationship

Nephew

SERVED AS A PIPER CUB AIRPLANE MECHANIC, TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE FOR THE U.S. ARMY FIELD ARTILLERY THROUGHOUT THE EUROPEAN THEATER. ORIGINALLY A TRUCK MECHANIC, HE RECEIVED HIS PIPER CUB MECHANICAL TRAINING AT FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA. LATER SERVED AS AN INTERPRETER BASED ON HIS KNOWLEDGE OF LITHUANIAN WHICH HE POSSESSED AS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN.