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|death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana​

|death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana​

|spouse=Margaret West Wilkinson (married 1919–1985, his death)​

|spouse=Margaret West Wilkinson (married 1919–1985, his death)​

|children=[[Susybelle Lyons|Susybelle Wilkinson Lyons]]<br>​

|children=[[Susybelle Lyons|Susybelle Wilkinson Lyons]]​

Margaret Wilkinson Butler Wilson​

Margaret Wilkinson Butler Wilson​

|parents=John Dallas Wilkinson<br>​

|parents=John Dallas Wilkinson<br>​

In 1912, Wilkinson graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver,  [[Indiana]]. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was president of his senior class. He obtained his law degree in 1917 from the LSU Law Center.<ref name=lahist/>

In 1912, Wilkinson graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver,  [[Indiana]]. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was president of his senior class. He obtained his law degree in 1917 from the LSU Law Center.<ref name=lahist/>

==Military, legal, and political career==​

==Military, legal, and political career==

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Wilkinson served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and again in [[World War II]], during which he attained the rank of [[colonel]].<ref name=lahist/>

Wilkinson served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and again in [[World War II]], during which he attained the rank of [[colonel]].<ref name=lahist/>