Eagleson, Wilson Vash, II, 1st Lt

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
First Lieutenant
Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter
Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)
Primary Unit
1944-1945, AAF MOS 1055, 332nd Fighter Group
Service Years
1942 - 1972
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First Lieutenant

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Home State
Indiana
Indiana
 Year of Birth
1920
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by SSgt Robert Bruce McClelland, Jr. to remember Eagleson, Wilson Vash, II ("Swampy"), 1st Lt USAF(Ret).

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Contact Info
Home Town
Bloomington, Indiana		 Last Address
North Carolina
Date of Passing
Apr 16, 2006		  
Location of Interment
Markham Memorial Gardens - Durham, North Carolina

 Official Badges 

Air Training Command Master Instructor (pre-1966) Air Force Retired


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc
  1999, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

He was credited with 2 aerial victories in WWII.
He is buried in Markham Memorial Gardens, Durham, NC.
   
Other Comments:

Sources:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/military/article_fb49aef6-5eee-11df-bdf2-0017a4a78c22.html
http://tuskegeeair-nc.org/
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15833548
http://www.newsargus.com/obituaries/archives/2006/04/20/wilson_eagleson_ii/
http://ncpedia.org/biography/eagleson-wilson
   
  1942-1942, US Army (USA)
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Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019
   
Memories For This Unit

Other Memories
He was an enlisted man in the infantry, then started OTS, then went to flight school.
   
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Brewer, Fred Lorenzo, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Bullard, Raleigh, SSgt, (1942-1972) [Other Service Rank]
Casey, Raymond LaRue, TSgt, (1942-1973) [Other Service Rank]
Champlin, Fredric Fay, Lt Col, (1940-1974) [Other Service Rank]
Chavis, John Henry, 2nd Lt, (1942-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Ciraco, Michael M., Brig Gen, (1942-1972) [Other Service Rank]
Cohen, Sydney M., Col, (1942-1980) [Other Service Rank]
Dahlberg, Kenneth Harry, Maj, (1941-1951) [Other Service Rank]
Davis, Alfonza Wesley, Capt, (1941-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Delashaw, Robert Lee, Maj Gen, (1933-1969) [Other Service Rank]
Disselhorst, Byron Frederick, Capt, (1941-1962) [Other Service Rank]
Duke, Robert Lewis, 1st Lt, (1941-1943) 00 [Other Service Rank]
Eakins, Archie, SSgt, (1941-1944) A06 AAF MOS 590 [Other Service Rank]
Ellis, Ralph Alan, Capt, (1945-1950) [Other Service Rank]
Foreman, Samuel Jerome, 2nd Lt, (1942-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Givings, Clemenceau McAdoo, 2nd Lt, (1941-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Harris, Maceo Antonio, 1st Lt, (1942-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Holm, Jeanne Marjorie, Maj Gen, (1942-1975) [Other Service Rank]
Lambert, Norman Allen, MSgt, (1942-1977) 00 [Other Service Rank]
Munkres, John Neil, 1st Lt, (1946-1950) [Other Service Rank]
Nightingale, Elton Henderson, 2nd Lt, (1940-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Paschal, Thomas Clayton, Capt, (1940-1944) 00 [Other Service Rank]
Pennington, Leland Hedges, FltOff, (1942-1945) [Other Service Rank]
Polich, Robert Michael, Capt, (1942-1966) A06 AAF MOS 590 [Other Service Rank]
Pollard, Henry, 2nd Lt, (1942-1944) [Other Service Rank]
Rich, John Alexander, WO1, (1942-1954) [Other Service Rank]
Roberts, Edmund Hunt, 2nd Lt, (1941-1943) 00 [Other Service Rank]
Semcheski, Stanley, MSgt, (1942-1964) A06 AAF MOS 188 [Other Service Rank]
Souder, Donald S., MSgt, (1941-1962) [Other Service Rank]
Tieman, Ray H., MSgt, (1941-1963) [Other Service Rank]
Zaniewski, Felix J., Brig Gen, (1942-1979) [Other Service Rank]
McNarney, Joseph Taggart, Gen, (1915-1952) Lieutenant General
Hanley, Thomas James, Maj Gen, (1915-1952) Major General
Walton, Leo Andrew, Maj Gen, (1915-1949) Major General
Blackburn, Thomas Welch, Brig Gen, (1917-1952) 11 Brigadier General
Graham, Wallace Harry, Maj Gen, (1936-1970) 941 Brigadier General
Millett, Lewis Lee, Col, (1938-1973) 01 Colonel
Mucci, Henry Andrews, 2nd Lt, (1929-1947) 01 Colonel
Wood, Wilson Roe, Col, (1939-1967) 112 1121Z Colonel
Broadhurst, Edwin Borden, Lt Gen, (1937-1965) 11 Lieutenant Colonel
Duke, Florimond J.D., Col, (1917-1963) Lieutenant Colonel
Brooks, Benjamin L., Lt Col, (1940-1963) A31 AAF MOS 3171 Major
Ihle, Robert Langdon, Lt Col, (1947-1953) Major
Propst, Kenneth Harry, Col, (1942-1972) A08 Major
Welker, William, Col, (1941-1965) Major
Gause, Damon Jesse, Maj, (1934-1944) A23 AAF MOS 1055 Captain
Truesdale, Francis Carlton, Capt, (1942-1943) Captain
Wilson, Jack E., Lt Col, (1940-1969) A23 AAF MOS 1091 Captain
Boozer, Wilmer Hall, 1st Lt, (1941-1944) First Lieutenant
Coolidge, Francis Lowell, Maj, (1942-1945) First Lieutenant
Bostwick, George Eugene, Col, (1941-1963) Second Lieutenant
Bush, William Douglas, 1st Lt, (1942-1951) Second Lieutenant
Campbell, William Beverly, Maj Gen, (1940-1973) Second Lieutenant
Caproni, Leo, Capt, (1943-1948) A11 AAF MOS 9301 Second Lieutenant
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