LTC (Ret.) Wallace Thurman Wilson, 95, died Saturday, July 11, 2015 at The Chesapeake Retirement Community. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Florence Atkins Wilson, brother Fred Wilson of Mt. Pleasant, TX, and half-brother Roy Wilson, Jr. of Jasper, GA. He is survived by half-sister Patsy Wilson Green Broadwell of Conyers, GA, three nephews, Daniel Atkins of Ann Arbor, MI, Edwin Atkins of Milledgeville, GA, and Walt Atkins of Graham, NC, and their families. The R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home of Hampton, VA is handling arrangements. Burial with military honors is planned for Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be determined. When available, information can be found by searching the obituaries page of the R. Hayden Smith web site, www.rhaydensmith.com. LTC Wilson was born August 17, 1919 in Mayfield, GA. He was drafted into the US Army in February 1941, serving in enlisted status in Company A, 736th Tank Battalion through August 1945. He re-entered the Army as a Staff Sergeant in November 1945 serving continuously until his retirement on February 1, 1969. He grew up in Milledgeville, GA, worked there and was married in 1946, attended the University of Georgia at Atlanta, NC State University, and the US Army Special Warfare School. He was appointed a Warrant Officer in 1948, and commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserve in 1949, before being ordered to active duty in October 1950. A combat veteran of World War II, he served over 27 years on active duty, including nine years in foreign assignments in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, on Eniwetok Atoll and Okinawa. He was a recipient of the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal as well as the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with four bronze stars and numerous other medals. A memorial service is planned at the Chapel of the Centurion, Ft. Monroe, on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial contributions to charities of choice.