World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Lloyd Lionel Wilkinson, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Columbia, South Carolina
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER STATIONED AT SUDBURY, ENGLAND WITH THE 832ND BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 486TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. HIS B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' BOMBER UNIT WAS ENGAGED PRIMARILY IN STRATEGIC BOMBING IN GERMANY BUT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OPERATIONS IN FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.