J Wallikeck

Gravestone of J. Wallikeck in Gettysburg National Cemetery

NPS Photo

Quick Facts

Significance:

82nd Infantry H

Place of Birth:

Highland, IL

Date of Birth:

1843

Place of Death:

Seminary General Hospital

Date of Death:

08/06/1863

Place of Burial:

Illinois, Row A, Site #1

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Illinois, Row A, Site #1

J (possibly Ernst) Wallikeck was born in Highland, IL in 1824. August of 1862 he enlisted. July 1st of 1863 he was taken prisoner after suffering a gunshot wound to his left knee. J (Ernst) died on 08/06/1863 in the Seminary General Hospital.

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