Veteran of the Month: Shane Wilkinson
August 13, 2012 1:42PM
Shane Wilkinson, 27, has served in the Army for eight years reaching the rank of staff sergeant. He is the Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 Veteran of the Month.
Updated: September 20, 2012 6:06AM
Shane Wilkinson
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Branch of Service: ARMY
Current Age: 27
Total Years Served: 8 (still active)
Served from: 2004 to current
Places Served: Fort Drum; Fort Campbell; Afghanistan 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011; Iraq 2008
Job or specialty: Infantry
Fondest memory while serving: “Seeing my wife and my soldiers’ wives cheering when we got off the plane when we got back from Afghanistan in 2011. Also, receiving a Bronze Star with Valor and a Purple Heart in the Korengal Valley.”
Quote: (From Douglas MacArthur) “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
Every month the Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 in Naperville chooses a Veteran of the Month for The
Naperville Sun.
