Ernest O. Wilkerson

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Ernest O. Wilkerson
Personal details
Born	1920
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 2 (24 August – 17 October 1942)

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Ernest O. Wilkerson (born 1920) was a United States Army second lieutenant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 2.

Biography

Ernest O. Wilkerson was born in 1920. Camp Ritchie roster records place him as a second lieutenant in Class 2.

A published portrait from about 1949 is preserved in the RB Archive packet associated with his name. Further wartime unit and postwar career details remain thin in the sources presently attached to this profile.

Research notes

• Also Class 27 GerOB
• Also Class 27 GerOB (imported roster note).
• Large ABA Journal PDF in the RB Archive folder was not bulk-uploaded; portrait image curated separately.

Gallery

• 
  Ernest O. Wilkerson, portrait circa 1949 (RB Archive)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_Name	Wilkerson, Ernest O.
match_method	unique_name_no_asn
row_source	both

Timeline

• 1920 — Born.
• Camp Ritchie Class 2 — Second lieutenant.
• c. 1949 — Published portrait (RB Archive).

Sources

• Ernest O. Wilkerson portrait, circa 1949
• RB Archive folder “Ernest Wilkerson” — portrait circa 1949 (uploaded to profile / Gallery)
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)