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Ovid
Oscar
Wilson
POW (WWII)
1901-11-07

–

1982-05-29

Born:

, 

Texas

Home:

, 

Texas

Ovid Wilson graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1924. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – August 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Ovid Oscar Wilson (ASN: 0-15887), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    II Philippine Corps

    Action Date:

    1941 – 1942
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Ovid Oscar Wilson (ASN: 0-15887), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with the G-1 Section, Headquarters, FORTH Army, from 1942 to 1943.