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Submitted: 1/11/20 • Approved: 6/12/22 • Last Updated: 6/15/22 • R1290040-G0-S3
Arkansas
STAFF SERGEANT Company D 311 Infantry
World War II
November 24, 1922 - November 25, 1967
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Funeral services for Harvey Lee Wilkins of Fordyce were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Fordyce. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery by Benton Funeral service. Wilkins was a veteran of World War II, a Baptist and was a southwestern representative of the AFL-CIO. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Billye Cheatham Wilkins; a daughter Janice Sue of Fordyce, his father William Harvey Wilkins of Bearden, a brother George Thomas Wilkins of Bearden, four half-brothers, Doyle Wilkins of El Dorado, Herschel Wilkins of Fordyce, Harold Reaves of Bearden and Deward Reaves of Camden, five half sisters, Mrs. Willie Sparks of Texas, Mrs. Mary Keene of Bearden, Mrs. Marie Dunn, Mrs. Irene Walters and Mrs. Amon Baker of Camden. (Camden News - December 4, 1967)
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