PVT Wilfred Adkins,32, son of William Miller Adkins & Mary Rosa "Mammie" Cordova-Adkins, died in the line of duty on D-Day at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, where he was a U.S. Army Demolition Expert.
Wilfred Adkins, Private, U.S. Army Service # 6836416, 1st Engineer, Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, entered the Service from: Ohio Died: June 6, 1944. Soldier is Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Awards: Purple Heart, Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France Created by: CWGC/ABMC.
In addition to his parents, he leaves behind, a widow, Mrs. Ruth Pearl (Eck) Adkins whom he married August 13, 1934, a daughter, Mrs. James (Alice Ruth) Eckstein, and 3 sons, Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Adkins, Gerald "Jerry" Wilfred Adkins & David Lloyd Adkins, all of East Liverpool. Also surviving, is his step-mother, Minerva Smith-Adkins and a half-brother, William "Bill" Adkins.
He was preceded in death by an infant son who passed away in 1938 during a premature birth.
There is a Memory Marker in Riverview Cemetery to honor him.
Wilfred Adkins, Private, U.S. Army Service # 6836416, 1st Engineer, Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, entered the Service from: Ohio Died: June 6, 1944. Soldier is Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Awards: Purple Heart, Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France Created by: CWGC/ABMC.
In addition to his parents, he leaves behind, a widow, Mrs. Ruth Pearl (Eck) Adkins whom he married August 13, 1934, a daughter, Mrs. James (Alice Ruth) Eckstein, and 3 sons, Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Adkins, Gerald "Jerry" Wilfred Adkins & David Lloyd Adkins, all of East Liverpool. Also surviving, is his step-mother, Minerva Smith-Adkins and a half-brother, William "Bill" Adkins.
He was preceded in death by an infant son who passed away in 1938 during a premature birth.
There is a Memory Marker in Riverview Cemetery to honor him.
PVT Wilfred Adkins,32, son of William Miller Adkins & Mary Rosa "Mammie" Cordova-Adkins, died in the line of duty on D-Day at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, where he was a U.S. Army Demolition Expert.
Wilfred Adkins, Private, U.S. Army Service # 6836416, 1st Engineer, Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, entered the Service from: Ohio Died: June 6, 1944. Soldier is Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Awards: Purple Heart, Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France Created by: CWGC/ABMC.
In addition to his parents, he leaves behind, a widow, Mrs. Ruth Pearl (Eck) Adkins whom he married August 13, 1934, a daughter, Mrs. James (Alice Ruth) Eckstein, and 3 sons, Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Adkins, Gerald "Jerry" Wilfred Adkins & David Lloyd Adkins, all of East Liverpool. Also surviving, is his step-mother, Minerva Smith-Adkins and a half-brother, William "Bill" Adkins.
He was preceded in death by an infant son who passed away in 1938 during a premature birth.
There is a Memory Marker in Riverview Cemetery to honor him.
Wilfred Adkins, Private, U.S. Army Service # 6836416, 1st Engineer, Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, entered the Service from: Ohio Died: June 6, 1944. Soldier is Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. Inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Normandy American Cemetery Colleville-sur-Mer, France.
Awards: Purple Heart, Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer Departement du Calvados Basse-Normandie, France Created by: CWGC/ABMC.
In addition to his parents, he leaves behind, a widow, Mrs. Ruth Pearl (Eck) Adkins whom he married August 13, 1934, a daughter, Mrs. James (Alice Ruth) Eckstein, and 3 sons, Kenneth "Kenny" Wayne Adkins, Gerald "Jerry" Wilfred Adkins & David Lloyd Adkins, all of East Liverpool. Also surviving, is his step-mother, Minerva Smith-Adkins and a half-brother, William "Bill" Adkins.
He was preceded in death by an infant son who passed away in 1938 during a premature birth.
There is a Memory Marker in Riverview Cemetery to honor him.
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Entered the service from Ohio.
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