World War II Honoree

Preston Archibald Wilson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Honored By

Dorothy R. Wilson & Children

Relationship

Wife & Children

TECHNICIAN 5TH GRADE. DETACHMENT M, 4025TH SIGNAL SERVICE BATTALION ATTACHED TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS AND THE 6TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. SERVED IN NEW GUINEA, THE PHILIPPINES WHERE NAVY TRANSPORT SHIP WAS ATTACKED BY KAMIKAZE PILOTS AND AT LEYTE AND LUZON WHERE HE WAS PART OF THE MAIN INVASION LANDING ON THE BEACHES AT LINGAYEN. AWARDED THE BRONZE SERVICE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, VICTORY MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN THEATER CAMPAIGN RIBBON, SHARPSHOOTER RIFLE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. SERVED SEPTEMBER 1942 TO JANUARY 1946.