The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Walter King Jr. Wilson

Wilson, Walter King Jr.

Lieutenant-General

* 26th of August 1906

† 6th of December 1985

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1942-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-03-04 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1944-01-20 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-05-15 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-06-13 Major
1948-07-15 Lieutenant-Colonel

Service

1941-02-21 1942-08-08 Attending the Command & General Staff School
1942-08-09 1942-10-28 Corps Engineer, Amphibious Corps, Atlantic Fleet
1942-10-29 1942-12-01 Assistant Executive Officer, Engineer Replacement Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
1942-12-10 1943-XX-XX Commanding Officer 79th Engineer Combat Regiment
1943-XX-XX 1943-05-31 Commanding Officer 1113th Engineer Combat Group
1943-06-01 1943-09-30 Attending the Army-Navy Staff College
1943-10-01 1945-08-31 Deputy Chief Engineer, South-East Asia Command
1944-10-20 1945-02-03 Chief of Staff, Chinese Forces in India
1945-09-01 1946-04-30 Commanding General Base Sections, India-Burma Theater of Operations
1946-05-07 1949-06-21 District Engineer, St. Paul, Minnesota
1949-06-25 District Engineer, Mobile, Alabama
1953-XX-XX Division Engineer, Mediterranean Division [Morocco]
1960-XX-XX 1961-XX-XX Commanding General Fort Belvoir
1961-05-19 1965-06-30 Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army
1965-06-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Walter K. Wilson, III