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Wilkinson, Dallas Milton
Cemetery: Old Palmdale Cemetery
AVGS ID: C-76
Born: 10/17/1904
Washington
Died: 9/21/1971
Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California
Inscription: WASHINGTON, AS, US NAVY, WORLD WAR I
Find A Grave: Find A Grave listing ID 7243352
FamilySearch: FamilySearch Person ID L161-HS8
Notes: There are headstones for Dallas at both the 'Old' Palmdale Cemetery and nearby Desert Lawn Memorial Park. His obituary says he was buried at the 'Old' Palmdale Cemetery, perhaps he was later moved to Desert Lawn.

Dallas was the son of Walter N. Wilkinson and Addie Plunkett. Walter is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana; Addie is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California.

Dallas married Ethel Vergie Brady on May 30, 1924 in Santa Monica, California. To this union were born Dallas Milton Wilkinson Jr. and Charles Edwin Wilkinson. Dallas Jr. is buried at the Bakersfield National Cemetery, Arvin, California.

Dallas married Rita Lorraine Jones on June 20, 1947 in the city of Los Angeles, California.

Obituary - Antelope Valley Press, Sunday, September 26, 1971, section 1, page 2

Sources:

  • Headstone/marker
  • 3 page Palmdale District Cemetery listing included in Palmdale Cemetery Tenants.pdf from Gordon Phair
  • California Death Index
  • Obituary or article in the newspaper
  • AVGS newsletter 'Prospector', Focus on Research articles, circa 1979
GPS coordinates:
Latitude: 34.55944068
Longitude: -118.09373456
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