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Command Sergeant Major Jerry Lee
Wilson
Command Sergeant Major Jerry Lee
Wilson was born in Thomson, Georgia
on June 28,1958. He graduated from
Thomson High School in 1976 and
entered the United States Army in
June of 1976. He attended Basic
Training at Fort Jackson, SC, and
completed his Advanced Individual
Training at Fort Benning, GA, as an
infantryman.
His first assignment was Fort Ord,
CA, where he served as an M60 Gunner
and later as a 90mm Recoilless
Rifleman with B Company, 6th
Battalion, 31 st Infantry Regiment.
He was then reassigned to Fort
Wainwright, AK in 1978 as a Scout
Observer with E Company, 4th
Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
(MANCHU) and held the positions of
Senior Scout Observer and Assistant
Squad Leader. In 1980, he was
assigned to Fort Benning, GA, with B
Company, 1st Battalion, 29th
Infantry Regiment as a Team Leader
and later as a Squad and Section
Leader. His next assignment was
Dahlonega, GA where he served as a
Platoon Sergeant and as a Ranger
Instructor. In late 1983, he
volunteered for Drill Sergeant duty
and attended Drill Sergeant School
at Fort Benning, GA. He was then
assigned as a Drill Sergeant with D
Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Infantry
Training Brigade. In 1986, he was
reassigned to Fort Kobbe, Panama. He
served as a Platoon Sergeant with C
Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th
Infantry (Airborne); C Company, 1st
Battalion, 508th Infantry
(Airborne); and as the Battalion S3
Operations Sergeant with the 1st
Battalion, 508th Infantry
(Airborne). In 1989, he was assigned
to Fort Benning, GA for the third
time as a Senior Ranger Instructor
with the 4th Ranger Training
Brigade. In 1990 he volunteered for
ROTC duty at Central State
University in Dayton, OH, where he
served as the chief instructor. He
was then reassigned, once again, to
Fort Wainwright, AK, where he served
as the First Sergeant for A Company,
4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment
(MANCHU), and as the Brigade S3
Operations Sergeant Major of the 1st
Brigade, 6th Infantry Division
(Light). Command Sergeant Major
Wilson's next assignment was to the
Sergeants Major Academy. After the
Academy, he served his third tour in
Alaska as the Battalion Command
Sergeant Major of 2nd Battalion, 1st
Infantry Regiment at Fort
Wainwright, AK. Following this
assignment, he served as the 1st
Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment
Battalion Command Sergeant Major at
the 101st Airborne Division (Air
Assault) at Fort Campbell, KY. His
last assignment was as the 2nd
Brigade, 502nd Infantry Regiment
Command Sergeant Major at both Fort
Campbell, KY and as part of
Operation Iraqi Freedom in Mosul,
Iraq.
Command Sergeant Major Wilson is a
graduate of the Primary
Noncommissioned Officers Course, the
Basic Noncommissioned Officers
Course, the Advanced Noncommissioned
Officers Course, the Operations and
Intelligence Course, the First
Sergeants Course and the United
States Army Sergeant Major Academy
Class 47.
His awards and decorations include
the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star
Medal, the Purple Heart Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal (with 3
Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army
Commendation Medal (with 5 Oak Leaf
Clusters), the Army Achievement
Medal, the Ranger Tab, the Combat
and Expert Infantryman's Badges, the
Pathfinder Badge, the Master
Parachutist Badge, the Air Assault
Badge, the Drill Sergeant
Identification Badge, Royal Thai
Army Jump Wings, Panamanian Jump
Wings and Brazilian Jump Wings.
Additionally, Command Sergeant Major
Wilson is an Audie Murphy Club
inductee and is a recipient of the
Order of Saint Maurice given by the
National Infantryman's Association.
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