Date of birth:

November 29th, 1917 (Frogville/Oklahoma, United States)

Date of death:

December 30th, 1943 (Italy)

Service number:

O2055131

Nationality:

American

Lucian France Wilkins was born on November 29th, 1917 in Frogville, Oklahoma as the son of George Ellis Wilkins and Minnie Wood. His mother was 1/2 Choctaw Native American. Lucian graduated from Hugo High School in 1938. He enlisted in the Oklahoma National Guard in 1936 and was honorably discharged in 1939. One onth later he enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Lucian Wilkins was killed in action in Italy on December 30th, 1943.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

2nd Lieutenant

Unit:

Platoon Leader Company C, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird", U.S. Army

For action performed on 30 December 1943, near Mount Molino in the vicinity of Acquafondata/province of Frosinone, region Lazio, Italy.

Posthumously awarded.
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• Photo 1: US Army photo
• Photo: U.S. Army photo
  
• - Fisher, G.A., The Story of the 180th Infantry Regiment, Newsfoto Publishing Co., San Angelo, Texas, 1947
  - Newspaper Article
  - Family records from Lucian' nephew Joe Howard Wilkins
  - National World War II Memorial