World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
John Marshall Wilkerson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Dunbar, West Virginia
Honored By
Pauline R. Wilkerson
Relationship
Wife
JOINED THE INFANTRY MAY 1942. TRANSFERRED TO ARMY AIR CORPS DECEMBER 1942. BOMBARDIER AND NAVIGATOR WITH THE 486TH SQUADRON, 340TH BOMB GROUP. PARTICIPATED IN 51 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER ITALY AND FRANCE, JANUARY TO AUGUST 1944. DISCHARGED JUNE 1945.