Service Number -1390294

Enlisted: 28 May 1917
Discharged: 13 March 1919

Listed in Adjutant General 1917 roster of Illinois National Guard WWI service: Seventh Infantry, Company L, Chicago. Federalized as 132nd INF, Company L. Private, Enlisted 28 June 1917, Mustered 3 August 1917, Reported for Duty 25 July 1917. (NOTE: Enlisted 28 May 1917 per VA Master Index; see below)

Company L Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class.Transferred from Company E 108th Supply Train per SO#32 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 1 Feb 1918. Assigned to and joined Co L 132nd INF on 1 Feb 1918.

-Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. AWOL from 14 to 27 Apr 1918. Confined Regimental Guardhouse.

- Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as TRANSFER. Private. Transferred to Base Hospital, Camp Logan, 28 May 1918, per Sec 7 GO 46 Hq A.E.F.

-Company L Morning Report 28 May 1918:
From sick in camp hospital at Camp Logan Texas, to dropped per Sec 7, G.O. 46.
1390294 Pvt Wilkens, Frank W.
2153090 Pvt Zapf, Aleyauis
2158177 Pvt Whiteman, Roy M
2163543 Pvt Jorgenson Julius B
1390278 Pvt Riley John
1389843 Pvt Plamondon, Ambrose
2155857 Pvt Nau, Albert R
2155844 Pvt Lang, Arnold A
2155811 Pvt Gilbertson, Gustave R

- Date unknown: Assigned to Quartermaster Corps: Company E, 108th Supply Train, 132nd Infantry.

- No record of overseas duty found.

WWI Victory Medal
 

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index
Name: Frank W Wilkins
Event Type: Military Service
Enlisted: 28 May 1917
Event Date: 13 March 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: Chicago, Ill 7417 S. Peoria Street.
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1895
Death Date: 25 May 1951
Notes: Service number 1390294; Private; Company E, 108th Supply Train, 132nd Infantry.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank W Wilkins
Age in 1910: 15
Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
Street: Parnel Ave
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Edgar Wilkins
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Name: Mary Wilkins
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Edgar Wilkins 57 Head
Mary Wilkins 45 Wife
Harry P Wilkins 19 Son
Michael J Murphy19 Boarder
Frank W Wilkins 15 Son
Mable M Wilkins 14 Daughter
Harry W Maynard 11 Nephew

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Frank Wilkins
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 32, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
Street: Wentworth Avenue
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Edward Wilkins
Mother's Name: Mary Wilkins
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Switchman
Industry: railroad
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Edward Wilkins 67 Head
Mary Wilkins 45 Wife
Anna Wolton Wilkins 33 Daughter
Harold Wilkins 27 Son
Frank Wilkins 24 Son
Mable Wilkins 23 Daughter
Mary Wilkins 10 Granddaughter
Edgar Wilkins 7 Grandson
Margarette Wilkins 4 Granddaughter

Publication Title: Fort Wayne, Indiana, City Directory, 1942
Name: Frank W Wilkins
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1942
Street Address: 908 Cass
Residence Place: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Occupation: Watchman
Spouse: Selma I Wilkins

WWII Draft Registration:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Illinois, Cook County Deaths
Name: Frank W Wilkins
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 25 May 1951
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 6358 S Drexel
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Occupation: Steward
Birth Date: 21 Jan 1895
Birthplace: , , Illinois
Funeral Home: Roger Sheehy And Sons
Burial Place: Worth, Illinois
Cemetery: Mt Olivet
Father's Name: Edgar Wilkins
Mother's Name: Mary Burke
Informant's Name: Blanche Vondrasek

Find A Grave
Frank William Wilkins
BIRTH 21 Jan 1895
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
DEATH 25 May 1951 (aged 56)
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana
BURIAL Unknown
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Family Members
Parents
Edgar R Wilkins 1853–1931
Mary Ann Burke Wilkins unknown–1923
Siblings
James Ernest Wilkins 1883–1917
Anne Elizabeth Wilkins Walton 1884–1977
Harold Patrick Wilkins 1891–1971
Mabelle Evelyn Wilkins Williamson 1896–1982

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