The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John Vanintine Wilkie
Rank
Private, U.S. Army
Date of Death
June 18, 1953
Private Wilkie was a member of the 919th Engineer Aviation Construction Battalion. On June 18, 1953, he was a passenger on a C-124A Globemaster transport traveling from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan to Korea. He was killed when the aircraft crashed about three miles from Tachikawa.