General Notes

m. (1) BETTY WOLFE.
m. (2) JERRY LEE WILKINSON June 19, 1960 in Utica, Ohio.
b. October 5, 1942.

Children of DONALD WILKIN and JERRY WILKINSON are:

i. DONALD RICHARD (WILKIN) (RARDON)
b. March 20, 1961, Newark, Licking Co. Ohio.

ii. JENIFER ANN WILKIN (RARDON)
b. February 27, 1963, Newark, Licking Co. Ohio.

Donald Wilkin was the third child born to Emmitt and Millie.
m. Jerry Wilkinson in Utica, Ohio. They were parents of two children - Donald Richard Wilkin March 20

1961 and Jennifer Ann Wilkin born Feb 27, 1963, both in Newark, Ohio. After Jennifer
b., Donald and Jerry were divorced, In 1965 Donald was drafted into the US Marine Corps and served 19 months in Vietnam in various locations. Before going to Vietnam he had married Betty Wolfe of Mason, West Virginia. He was to be redeployed back to Vietnam in 1967

He was given leave to prepare to leave for Vietnam. He picked up two friends at the Base planning to drop them off in Ohio on his way to Mason, W. Va. On the road south of Athens, Ohio his car left the road and crashed into an Apple Tree. He died of injuries on October 28, 1967.

He was buried with full Military Honors from the Marine Corps at Kirkland Memorial Gardens near Mason, W. Va. He had been awarded two Bronze Stars plus the Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam. This item adapted from a story written by his loving Brother, Richard A. Wilkin. as he paid tribute to him in 1998-99, in his Wilkin Family History Publication.