World War II Honoree

Edmund Douglas Wilkinson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Richmond, Virginia

Honored By

Spencer W. Wilkinson

Relationship

Nephew

ENLISTED IN THE NAVY SEPTEMBER 29, 1942 IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA. ENTERED ACTIVE DUTY JANUARY 18, 1943 AND AFTER TRAINING SHIPPED OUT TO ENGLAND ON OCTOBER 13, 1943 ABOARD RMS SCYTHIA. PARTICIPATED IN THE D-DAY INVASION, JUNE 6, 1944, AS A CREWMEMBER ABOARD LCM #29 LANDING ON OMAHA BEACH. SUBSEQUENT TO D-DAY, SERVED ABOARD PATROL CRAFT, PC-1263, AND ON SHORE DUTY IN CHERBOURG, FRANCE. RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN JUNE 1945 AND DISCHARGED JANUARY 26, 1946. AWARDED AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL. RATE: COXSWAIN.