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JAMES  BURNETT  WILSON

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Rate/Rank
VADM
Service Branch
USN 7/1943 - 8/1978
Speciality
SUBMARINE SERVICE
Born
03/31/1925
BETHLEHEM, PA
DECEASED, JANUARY 24, 2011
SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS
U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, ANNAPOLIS, MD - CLASS OF 1947
SUBMARINE TRAINING, NEW LONDON, CT
CO, USS ANDREW JACKSON SSBN-619
AIDE TO DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
COMMANDER, SUBMARINE SQUADRON ONE & FLOTILLA FIVE, PEARL HARBOR
CHIEF OF NAVAL EDUCATION
XO, USS ETHAN ALLEN SSBN-608
CO, USS DOGFISH SS-350
USS TRIGGER SS-564
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
NAVY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL (2) 
LEGION OF MERIT (3) 
NAVY & MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL 
NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION 
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL 
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL 
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL