This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KarinKing45 Surnames: Wilkinson, Beery, Burger, Mowery, Quick Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/4463/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat Adams County, Indiana Sep 9 1976 HARRY WALTER WILKINSON Harry Walter Wilkinson, 52, died Aug. 29 at the Dewitt Army Hospital at Ft. Belvoir. He was a brother of Mrs. Donald (Dora) Beery, of Decatur. Wilkinson was a retired Army Colonel, having served 30 years in the Corps of Engineers until his retirement in 1973. He was born in Decatur on December 16, 1923, and was a graduate of Decatur High School. His parents, Walter and Bernice (Burger) Wilkinson, both preceeded him in death. He served in Europe during World War II and later in Korea and Viet Nam, receiving a Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star with V and the Silver Star. He is survived by his wife, Eleanor Mowery, a son Richard of Eugene, Oregon, and a daughter, Susan Julie, of San Francisco, Calif; a brother David of Summerville, South Carolina; two sisters, Mrs. Donald (Dora) Beery of Decatur, and Mrs. Leroy (Phyllis) Quick of Coalinga (cut off) (Does anyone know where he is buried? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.