Arlington National Cemetery
  7A-103B 

BORN:  February 11, 1920 at Brandon, MS

Entered Service in the US Marine Corps from Mississippi

Earned The Medal of Honor During World War II For heroism on July 25 and 26, 1944 at Fonte Hill, Guam, Marianas Islands

Ordered to take a portion of the hill within his zone of action, Captain Wilson initiated his attack in mid-afternoon, pushed up the rugged, open terrain for 300 yards and successfully captured the objective. Assuming command of other disorganized units and motorized equipment, he organized his night defenses in the face of continuous hostile fire although wounded three times. When the enemy launched the first of a series of savage counterattacks lasting all night, he repeatedly exposed himself to the merciless hail of shrapnel and bullets, dashing 50 yards into the open on one occasion to rescue a wounded marine lying beyond the frontlines. Fighting fiercely in hand-to-hand encounters, he led his men in furiously waged battle for ten hours, tenaciously holding his line and repelling the fanatically renewed counterthrusts until he succeeded in crushing the last efforts of the hard-pressed Japanese early the following morning. Then organizing a 17-man patrol, he immediately advanced upon a strategic slope and, boldly defying intense mortar, machinegun, and rifle fire which struck down 13 of his men, drove relentlessly forward with the remnants of his patrol to seize the vital ground. His regiment was responsible for the annihilation of 350 Japanese troops.