World War II Honoree

Robert Andrew Wilkinson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

CORPORAL, D COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 176TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION; FORT MEADE, MARYLAND FROM JANUARY 1941 TO DECEMBER 1941. CORPORAL, D COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 176TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 29TH INFANTRY; WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM DECEMBER 1941 TO JUNE 1942. STAFF SERGEANT ATTENDING INFANTRY OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FORT BENNING, GEORGIA FROM JUNE 1942 TO SEPTEMBER 7, 1942. COMMISSIONED SEPTEMBER 7, 1942 AS 2ND LIEUTENANT, INFANTRY, H COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 333RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 84TH INFANTRY DIVISION FROM SEPTEMBER 1942 TO AUGUST 1943. FIRST LIEUTENANT, MCCLOSKEY GENERAL HOSPITAL, TEMPLE, TEXAS FROM AUGUST 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1943. FIRST LIEUTENANT, HONORABLY DISCHARGED (PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATION) EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 9, 1943.