WILSON ROOSEVELT T

CW3 Roosevelt "Roe" T. Wilson was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 10/11/2005 at the age of 61.3 from Lung cancer
Lacey, WA
Flight Class 69-9
Date of Birth 06/19/1944
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 128 AHC in 69-70
Call sign in Vietnam TOMAHAWK 10
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More detail on this person: Roosevelt "Roe" T. Wilson, Jr., 61, of Lacey, WA, died October 11 after a battle with lung cancer and a brain tumor. He was born June 19, 1944, in Clinton, SC. Wilson joined the Army after graduating from Austin Peay High School in Knowville, TN, in 1962. Wilson served two tours in Vietnam and retired from the Army after 23 years as a CW3. For much of his Army career he was a helicopter instructor pilot. He was a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He began working for the State of Washington in 1986 and was working for the Office of Insurance Commissioner at the time of his death. His wife, Janet; a son, Franklin of Olympia; a daughter, Shyla, of Kanas; his stepson, Bruce, of Lacey; his mother, Mary; his half-brother, Lee Goodman of Tennessee; and seven grandchildren survive Wilson. A daughter, Mary, preceded him in death.

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024