Background
WILSON, William Henry was born in December 1877 in Mount Vernon, New York. Son of Elijah Nichols and Sarah Ferguson (Wilkins) Wilson.
Lieutenant Colonel General Staff Corps
WILSON, William Henry was born in December 1877 in Mount Vernon, New York. Son of Elijah Nichols and Sarah Ferguson (Wilkins) Wilson.
Columbia Institute., N.Y.C., 1896; Garrison Schools, US. Army, 03; Army War College, 1928; Naval War College, 1929
Second Lieutenant 43 Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, 1899- 1901, Artillery corpus, United States army, 1901. First Lieutenant 1903, Captain 1907, Major, 1918, Lieutenant Colonel 1920. Served, SpanishAmer. War, 1898, Philippine Insurrection, 1899-1901, World War, 1917-1919.
Major. Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, United States Army, 20. General StafF, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, 19. Assistant Commandant, Coast Artillery School, 1924-1927.
Detailed, Quartermaster Corps Inspector General’s Department. Member General StafF, since 1929. Awarded: Doctor of Science.M. (United States), Legion of Honor (France), Order of the Crown (Belgium), Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus (Italy).
Spouse Lora E. Bunker. July 25, 1907, Burlington, Vermont.