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Charles L Wilkins III
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Name: Army 1st Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III
Age: 38
From: Columbus, Ohio
Assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, Hamilton, Ohio
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III was killed Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle near Samarra, Iraq.
Died: August 20, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 38
From: Columbus, Ohio
Assigned to the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, Hamilton, Ohio
Incident: Army 1st Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III was killed Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle near Samarra, Iraq.
Died: August 20, 2004
Ohio soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio soldier was killed in Iraq when a homemade bomb went off near the Hummer he was riding in, his sister said Saturday.
Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III, of Columbus, died Friday, Lorin Wilkins said. He served with the 216th Engineering Battalion of the Ohio National Guard, based in Chillicothe.
Army officials told the family Friday night that the explosion killed another soldier and wounded two others, Lorin Wilkins said.
“They said he was returning from an assignment,” she said. The family was unsure of where the explosion happened.
Charles Wilkins, 38, deployed in February and was looking forward to helping rebuild Iraq, his sister said. The family...
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the 216th Engineer Battalion, Ohio Army National Guard, Hamilton, Ohio
Incident
Army 1st Lt. Charles L. Wilkins III was killed Aug. 20 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his vehicle near Samarra, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Charles L Wilkins III
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.