Was one of 2 American Officers, 3 enlisted men and 12 civilians that were killed in an explosion while attempting to defuse abandoned Japanese munitions at Camp Iri in South Korea.
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RE: DEATH
Information regarding circumstances attending the death of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 31, husband of Mrs. Margaret King Wilkinson, 728 West Lapeer street, who died in Korea, November 30, was received here Monday.
Lieut. Robert Fiebig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiebig, 615 Carey street, also stationed in Korea, has written his parents that Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in an accidental explosion which also killed several other officers, a number of enlisted men and several Koreans. Fiebig wrote that Lieutenant Wilkinson was buried on Korea December 2 following military funeral services.
Lieutenant Wilkinson's widow and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson, Sr., 828 Vine street, were informed by the war department late last week that he had been killed in an explosion. They first received word of his death December 10 in a war department telegram but no details were given as to the cause of death.
Besides the widow and parents, Lieutenant Wilkinson is survived by three children, two brothers, Ernest, Jr., recently discharged from service and Stanley, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, all of Lansing.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 18 Dec 1945, pg. 4
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: RETURN OF BODY
The body of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 30, of 728 West Lapeer street, will arrive in Lansing Wednesday for funeral services and burial Saturday.
Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in action November 30, 1945, in Korea while with Company I of the 63rd Regiment. He enlisted in the army here on December 13, 1944. Lieutenant Wilkinson was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran church.
Surviving are the widow, Margaret; a son, Millard; two daughters Margaret Lou and Janice; the parents, Mr. and Mrs Ernest Wilkinson; two brothers, Stanley of Washington and Ernest of Lansing, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent of Lansing.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home. Rev. Glenn Sachs will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, where graveside military services will be held.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 11 Jan 1949, pg 13
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RE: DEATH
Information regarding circumstances attending the death of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 31, husband of Mrs. Margaret King Wilkinson, 728 West Lapeer street, who died in Korea, November 30, was received here Monday.
Lieut. Robert Fiebig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiebig, 615 Carey street, also stationed in Korea, has written his parents that Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in an accidental explosion which also killed several other officers, a number of enlisted men and several Koreans. Fiebig wrote that Lieutenant Wilkinson was buried on Korea December 2 following military funeral services.
Lieutenant Wilkinson's widow and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson, Sr., 828 Vine street, were informed by the war department late last week that he had been killed in an explosion. They first received word of his death December 10 in a war department telegram but no details were given as to the cause of death.
Besides the widow and parents, Lieutenant Wilkinson is survived by three children, two brothers, Ernest, Jr., recently discharged from service and Stanley, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, all of Lansing.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 18 Dec 1945, pg. 4
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: RETURN OF BODY
The body of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 30, of 728 West Lapeer street, will arrive in Lansing Wednesday for funeral services and burial Saturday.
Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in action November 30, 1945, in Korea while with Company I of the 63rd Regiment. He enlisted in the army here on December 13, 1944. Lieutenant Wilkinson was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran church.
Surviving are the widow, Margaret; a son, Millard; two daughters Margaret Lou and Janice; the parents, Mr. and Mrs Ernest Wilkinson; two brothers, Stanley of Washington and Ernest of Lansing, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent of Lansing.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home. Rev. Glenn Sachs will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, where graveside military services will be held.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 11 Jan 1949, pg 13
Was one of 2 American Officers, 3 enlisted men and 12 civilians that were killed in an explosion while attempting to defuse abandoned Japanese munitions at Camp Iri in South Korea.
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RE: DEATH
Information regarding circumstances attending the death of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 31, husband of Mrs. Margaret King Wilkinson, 728 West Lapeer street, who died in Korea, November 30, was received here Monday.
Lieut. Robert Fiebig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiebig, 615 Carey street, also stationed in Korea, has written his parents that Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in an accidental explosion which also killed several other officers, a number of enlisted men and several Koreans. Fiebig wrote that Lieutenant Wilkinson was buried on Korea December 2 following military funeral services.
Lieutenant Wilkinson's widow and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson, Sr., 828 Vine street, were informed by the war department late last week that he had been killed in an explosion. They first received word of his death December 10 in a war department telegram but no details were given as to the cause of death.
Besides the widow and parents, Lieutenant Wilkinson is survived by three children, two brothers, Ernest, Jr., recently discharged from service and Stanley, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, all of Lansing.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 18 Dec 1945, pg. 4
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: RETURN OF BODY
The body of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 30, of 728 West Lapeer street, will arrive in Lansing Wednesday for funeral services and burial Saturday.
Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in action November 30, 1945, in Korea while with Company I of the 63rd Regiment. He enlisted in the army here on December 13, 1944. Lieutenant Wilkinson was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran church.
Surviving are the widow, Margaret; a son, Millard; two daughters Margaret Lou and Janice; the parents, Mr. and Mrs Ernest Wilkinson; two brothers, Stanley of Washington and Ernest of Lansing, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent of Lansing.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home. Rev. Glenn Sachs will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, where graveside military services will be held.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 11 Jan 1949, pg 13
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RE: DEATH
Information regarding circumstances attending the death of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 31, husband of Mrs. Margaret King Wilkinson, 728 West Lapeer street, who died in Korea, November 30, was received here Monday.
Lieut. Robert Fiebig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fiebig, 615 Carey street, also stationed in Korea, has written his parents that Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in an accidental explosion which also killed several other officers, a number of enlisted men and several Koreans. Fiebig wrote that Lieutenant Wilkinson was buried on Korea December 2 following military funeral services.
Lieutenant Wilkinson's widow and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wilkinson, Sr., 828 Vine street, were informed by the war department late last week that he had been killed in an explosion. They first received word of his death December 10 in a war department telegram but no details were given as to the cause of death.
Besides the widow and parents, Lieutenant Wilkinson is survived by three children, two brothers, Ernest, Jr., recently discharged from service and Stanley, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent, all of Lansing.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 18 Dec 1945, pg. 4
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: RETURN OF BODY
The body of Second Lieut. John V. Wilkinson, 30, of 728 West Lapeer street, will arrive in Lansing Wednesday for funeral services and burial Saturday.
Lieutenant Wilkinson was killed in action November 30, 1945, in Korea while with Company I of the 63rd Regiment. He enlisted in the army here on December 13, 1944. Lieutenant Wilkinson was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran church.
Surviving are the widow, Margaret; a son, Millard; two daughters Margaret Lou and Janice; the parents, Mr. and Mrs Ernest Wilkinson; two brothers, Stanley of Washington and Ernest of Lansing, and a grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Vincent of Lansing.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home. Rev. Glenn Sachs will officiate. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, where graveside military services will be held.
published in the Lansing State Journal on 11 Jan 1949, pg 13
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