Record #:

23751

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The five sons of Walter Brown Wilson and Brittannia R. Saunders had various appointments and stations, fighting in World Wars I and II. The Wilson family of Greenville once had the distinction of being the only family on record in the War Department with five sons acting as officers in the United States Army.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Sep 2014, p40-41, por

Subject(s):

Greenville--History--World War II, 1939-1945; Greenville--History--World War I, 1914-1918