U.S. Navy · United States 
Earl Wilkins
1968
Earl Phillips Wilkins served the U.S. Navy.
How He Died
Manner
Homicide
Cause
Gunshot wound
Mechanism
Motor vehicle
What Happened
Sergeant Earl Wilkins was struck and killed by a drunk driver on I-264 near Rodman Avenue at 9:30 p.m. He was parked on a grassy area off of the highway when the drunk driver struck him. He was assigned to the I-264 overpass for surveillance during the Martin Luther King riots. Sergeant Wilkins was a U.S. Navy veteran of the WWII and Korean Wars.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, two sons, mother, step-mother, and sister.
Service Record
U.S. Navy
Also Served
Portsmouth Police Department
Sergeant
In Our Keeping
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Record added
August 2, 2026
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