Background
He was the son of Major General Walter K. Wilson, Senior He was born at Fort Barrancas, Florida, the son of artillery officer and World World War II Major General Walter K. Wilson, Senior (1880–1954).
He was the son of Major General Walter K. Wilson, Senior He was born at Fort Barrancas, Florida, the son of artillery officer and World World War II Major General Walter K. Wilson, Senior (1880–1954).
He graduated from West Point in 1929 and was commissioned in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
He is most noted as a Chief of Engineers during years 1961–1965. Before 1942 he served with troops, continued his military and engineering education, and was an instructor at West Point. From 1942 to 1943, he commanded the 79th Engineer Combat Regiment
From 1943 to 1945, Wilson served as Deputy Engineer-in-Chief with the South East Asia Command at New Delhi, India, and Kandy, Ceylon.
Later, he commanded Intermediate and Base Sections and consolidated all three, commanding all ground forces remaining in the theater.
After the war he was District Engineer in Saint Paul, Minnesota (1946-1949), and Mobile, Alabama (1949-1952), and then South Atlantic (1952-1953) and Mediterranean Division Engineer (1953-1955). He assumed command of the 18th Engineer Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1955.
He served as Deputy Chief of Engineers for Construction from 1956 to 1960. He retired as Chief of Engineers on June 30, 1965 and died on December 6, 1985 in Mobile, Alabama.
Wilson was part of a military family.
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