Donald H. Wilson was born on September 21, 1921. He served in the 379th Fighter Squadron, 362nd Fighter Group as a Lieutenant during World War II.

On November 5, 1944, the 379th escorted A-20s to attack Homburg, Germany; between Eichelscheiderhof and Bechhofen, two flights protected the left side of the A-20 formation while Red Flight was assigned to protect the leading group of bombers and Yellow Flight was stacked about 100 feet below Red Flight protecting the rear group. "Red Flight seemed to be getting too far forward, so the leader called a 360-degree turn to the left in order to fall back on the tail of the bombers and take up the position previously held by Yellow Flight," reported Capt. Raymond Mitchell. "Red Two, Lt. Warner H. Marsh (flying "Jewel'), being on the starboard side of the leader, seemed to take a very abrupt turn, crossing over Red Leader and then pushed the nose of his ship abruptly down about 150 feet, right into the cockpit of Yellow Four, Lt. Donald H. Wilson, from the starboard side. Both ships exploded and no parachutes were seen to open.

Lt. Wilson is now buried in the Rolling Prairie Cemetery, Rolling Prairie, La Porte County, Indiana, USA.

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