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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Louis Hugh Wilson, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Brandon, Mississippi

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

He was deployed to the Pacific Theater of Operations with the 9th Marines in February 1943, making stops at Guadalcanal, Efate, and Bougainville. During the Battle of Guam on July 25-26, 1944, while commanding Company F, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, he earned the nation's highest honor for heroism in combat, the Medal of Honor, when he and his company repelled and destroyed a numerically superior enemy force.