courtesy of Susan in Charlottesville |
After entering the service Tuck was assigned to H Company 116th Infantry, trained with the unit at Camp McClellan and Anniston, Alabama and sailed with the unit aboard the USS Finland for France. PFC Wilkins was killed in action on 23 Oct 1918.
PFC Wilkins was repatriated and is now buried near family in Oakwood Cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Tuck's father served as a PVT in A Company 19th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War.
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