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Home Town Hiner's Mill, West Virginia
Last Address Carmel, California
Date of Passing Jun 21, 1978
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Donald Wilson (ASN: 0-5190), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War II.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 33 (1944)
(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Major General Donald Wilson (ASN: 0-5190), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 64 (1945)
WWII - Pacific Theater of Operations/Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
December / 1943
Description (Central Pacific Campaign 7 December 1941 to 6 December 1943) The war in the Central Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six months later an AAF task force took part in the Battle of Midway, in which a great Japanese fleet was defeated. But another year and a half elapsed before American forces began an offensive against Japanese positions in the Central Pacific. It was then, on 20 November 1943, that landings were made in the Gilberts, on Makin and Tarawa, with the Marines at the latter place becoming engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.