Wilson, Dale E., MAJ

Armor
 
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Service Status
USA Retired
Final Rank
Major
Last Service Branch
Armor
Last MOS
12B-Armor
Last MOS Group
Armor
Primary Unit
1970-1970, 11B10, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry
Previously Held MOS's
11B10-Infantryman
11B20-Infantryman
71Q20-Information Specialist
11B30-Infantryman
71Q10-Information Specialist
12C-Cavalry
46A-Public Affairs, General
Service Years
1969 - 1991
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Order of Saint George
Reforger Certificate
US Army Disabled Veteran Certificate
Voice Edition
Armor
Major
Three Service Stripes
Two Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

Army Physical Fitness Badge Infantry Shoulder Cord Cold War Medal 11th Infantry Brigade (Light)

23rd Infantry Division (Americal) US Army Retired US Army Retired (Pre-2007) Army Honorable Discharge (1984-Present)




 Unofficial Badges 

Armor Shoulder Cord Order of Saint George (Silver) Cold War Veteran Blue Star

Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration Vietnam 50th Anniversary


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
US Armor AssociationChapter 15Post 2453, Sandpoint PostFSB Hill 4-11 Association
Americal Division Veterans Association Spokane ChapterOfficers' Christian FellowshipChapter 890
A Co, 1St BN, 1St RegtArmy Together We ServedOCS FoundationTWS Profile Integrity
US Army OCS Association
  1980, US Armor Association
  1992, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 15 (Life Member) (Sandpoint, Idaho) - Chap. Page
  1992, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 731 (Recorder) (Hilo, Hawaii) - Chap. Page
  1994, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 2453, Sandpoint Post (Life Member) (Sandpoint, Idaho) - Chap. Page
  1996, FSB Hill 4-11 Association
  1998, Americal Division Veterans Association
  2000, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), Spokane Chapter (Life Member) (Spokane, Washington) - Chap. Page
  2001, Officers' Christian Fellowship
  2004, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 890 (Life member) (Sandpoint, Idaho) - Chap. Page
  2006, Combat Infantrymen's Association, Inc., A Co, 1St BN, 1St Regt (Life Member) (Hilo, Hawaii) - Chap. Page
  2011, Army Together We Served
  2013, OCS Foundation
  2018, TWS Profile Integrity
  2020, US Army OCS Association


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Aside from a three-and-one-half year stint as Tactical Officer of C Co. and Field Music at Valley Forge Military Academy & College in Wayne, PA, I worked in the publishing industry after retiring from the Army in September 1991. I started out as Executive Editor of Presidio Press, a San Francisco Bay Area book publisher specializing in military history and military affairs. After leaving VFMA&C in the summer of 1998, I became my own boss--using contacts I'd made with Presidio to line up freelance copy-editing projects for several commercial and scholarly book publishers. I finally had to give up work entirely in 2004, however, when my body began letting me down. Fortunately, all of my disabling conditions are either directly or indirectly service-connected--making me eligible for a wide range of VA benefits--without which I'd be up the proverbial estuary without a manipulator!

   
Other Comments:

For 20 years, I lived on Hawaii's Big Island with my wife, Carol, in a subdivision about a mile outside of Mountain View--almost exactly halfway between Hilo and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, I moved to Idaho in late July 2019 to settle in the Sagle area not far from the Pend Oreille River. Between the Blue State politics, earthquakes, and eruptions, I decided it was time to bid Hawaii Aloha and head for cooler climes! It was a wise decision. I absolutely love it here in the northern Idaho panhandle! Unfortunately, my health has worsened, and I am now wheelchair-bound and living in the Post Falls State Veterans Home. I recently had the privilege of going to Ft. Benning, GA, with my son and his wife [LTC Jared Wilson, USA (Ret.) and COL Casey Wilson] where, on 28 March 2025, I was one of 24 officers inducted into the Army OCS Hall of Fame.

   

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   1973-1976, 11B30, HHC, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)

Staff Sergeant
From Month/Year
October / 1973
To Month/Year
December / 1976
Unit
HHC Unit Page
Rank
Staff Sergeant
MOS
11B30-Infantryman

Secondary MOS
71Q20-Information Specialist
Base, Fort or City
Schofield Barracks
State/Country
Hawaii
 
 
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 HHC, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning) Details

HHC, 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
Type
Infantry
 
Parent Unit
25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)
Strength
Army Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: May 10, 2025
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
SP4 Joe Gogerty
SP4 Jim Swinnerton
SP4 Nels Johnson
SP4 Earl Carl
SP4 Brian Balint
SGT Mary Campbell
SP5 Pat Bigold
SP5 Rick Baker
SP5 Nat Roberts
SSG Terry Lucarelli
SSG John Savard
MSG Keith Rutter
MSG Marvin Sibulkin

Best Moment
Placing second in the Army Authorized Newspaper category for three consecutive years in the annual Keith L. Ware Award competition conducted by Department of the Army and piling up a collection of DA Journalist Awards to rival that of any other newspaper staff in the Army.

   

Worst Moment
After Army CofS Gen. Bernard Rogers completely revised the regulations governing height/weight standards in 1975, being told by the CG that I had 12 months to get from 285 pounds to 200 pounds or be barred from reenlistment.

Chain of Command
1973-74:

MG - CG
COL John Q. T. Quinn - CofS
CPT Ken Ho - PIO
MSG Marvin Sibulkin - NCOIC

1974-76):
MG Harry W. Brooks, Jr. - CG
COL Lucian Bolduc - CofS
MAJ Billy J. Cone - PIO
MSG Dorothy Aldrich - NCOIC

   

Other Memories
*Putting my "two-star thinking cap" on and writing the CG's column after getting guidance on what MG Brooks wanted to say in the next issue. . . .

Attending the Advanced Leadership Course in the spring of 1976 and graduating with trophies for being the Distinguished Honor Graduate and the Leadership Award. I did this after losing 95 pounds in nine months, going from 285 to 190. . . .

   
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Advanced Leadership Course #6-7T Graduates
The Head Kahuna
Up, Up and Away
Bringing Home the Trophies
349 Members Also There at Same Time
HHC

Kuper, Steve, SP4, (1974-1978) IN 11C20 Specialist 4
Nevils, Jodie, SP4, (1971-1973) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Zessin, Kenneth, SP4, (1976-1979) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Ciliberti, Edward, MAJ, (1963-1985) IM 2162 Major
Duncan, Wendell, MAJ, (1957-1979) AG 2110 Major
Webb, Cecil, 1SG, (1972-1996) AG 00E30 First Sergeant
Fernandez, Luis, SFC, (1964-1985) AG 75Z40 Sergeant First Class
Shepherd Mdiv Bcc, Bishop, SFC, (1976-1996) AV 68X10 Sergeant First Class
Woods, James, CW3, (1963-1983) QM 76P10 Sergeant First Class
Edwards, Scott, SGT, (1972-1978) FI 73C10 Sergeant
Edwards, Scott, SGT, (1972-1978) FI 73C10 Sergeant
Combs, Bill, SP5, (1974-1977) SC 31B20 Specialist 5
Desaulnier, Denise, SP5, (1976-1982) AG 71L10 Specialist 5
Fox, Terry, SP5, (1971-1978) TC 64C20 Specialist 5
Wilson, Robert, SSG, (1971-1979) AG 75E20 Specialist 5
Balint, Brian, SP4, (1974-1977) AG 71R10 Specialist 4
Frey, Bill, SGM, (1976-2002) QM 94B10 Specialist 4
Jennetta, Lawrence, SP4, (1974-1979) TC 64C10 Specialist 4
Morales, John Joe, SP4, (1972-1974) AG 75D10 Specialist 4
Williamson, Michael, SP4, (1972-1975) TC 64B10 Specialist 4
Griffin, Bernard, PFC, (1975-1983) SC 67B10 Private First Class
Morgan, James, PV2, (1974-1975) QM 94B10 Private (E-2)
Muscarello, Armand, SGT, (1950-1953) EN 1729 Sergeant
Black, Thomas, SP4, (1970-1977) IN Specialist 4
McWalter, J. Bryce, LTC, (1972-1995) IN Second Lieutenant
McWalter, J. Bryce, LTC, (1972-1995) IN Second Lieutenant
Harris, Bob, SP5, (1968-1975) MD Specialist 5
Springer, Roy, SFC, (1969-1991) Staff Sergeant
Fleischer, David, SP5, (1971-1979) Specialist 5
25th Administration Company

Jeffers, Chris, SP5, (1970-1977) AG 75C20 Specialist 5
Stever, John, SP4, (1972-1975) AG 714.10 Specialist 4
25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning)

Morgan, Billy, PV1, (1969-1973) IN 11B30 [Other Service Rank]
Pittman, James, COL, (1968-2005) IN 11B30 Staff Sergeant
Hines, Gene, SGT, (1972-1976) IN 11B30 Sergeant
Crabtree, Kenneth, SP5, (1972-1975) IN 11B30 Specialist 5
Holwick, Patrick, SP4, (1974-1978) IN 11B30 Specialist 4
Draper, Dennis, MSG, (1975-2002) IN 11B20 Master Sergeant
McBride, Dean, 1SG, (1960-1982) IN 11F40 Master Sergeant
Birch, Richard, SFC, (1965-1979) IN 00F Sergeant First Class
Calhoun, Dale, SFC, (1952-1979) IN 111.60 Sergeant First Class
Carlson, Harry, SGT, (1976-1980) IN 11B10 Sergeant First Class
Hunt, Robert William, MSG, (1968-1978) IN 11B10 Sergeant First Class
Walker, Marvin, SFC, (1969-1977) IN 11B40 Sergeant First Class
Calhoun, Dale, SSG, (1956-1979) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Farmer, Dewey, SSG, (1972-1991) IN 111.07 Staff Sergeant
Lowe, Edward, SSG, (1966-1970) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Mahnke, Charles, SSG, (1969-1979) IN 11B20 Staff Sergeant
Mahnke, Charles, SSG, (1969-1978) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Mahnke, Charles, SSG, (1970-1979) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
McCray, Eddie, SSG, (1966-1997) IN 11Z50 Staff Sergeant
Medders, Danny, 1SG, (1970-1992) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Ostholthoff, Dale, SSG, (1967-1973) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Parker, James, SFC, (1971-1983) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Smith, William, SSG, (1965-1976) IN 111.60 Staff Sergeant
Ward, James, SSG, (1970-1978) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Zelickman, Edmund, SSG, (1970-1977) IN 11B40 Staff Sergeant
Aragon, Richard, SGT, (1969-1974) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Boyd, John, SGT, (1974-1978) IN 11B20 Sergeant
Breshears, Ronald Chris, SGT, (1965-1967) IN 11C20 Sergeant

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