Alfred L. Wilson

Technician 5th Grade Alfred Leonard Wilson (September 18, 1919 – November 8, 1944) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during World War II.

Biography Alfred Leonard Wilson joined the United States Army in March 1943 and by November 8, 1944, was serving as a Technician 5th Grade with the Medical Detachment of the 328th Infantry, 26th Infantry Division. During a firefight on that day, near Bezange-la-Petite, France, Wilson was severely wounded but refused evacuation and continued to treat other injured soldiers until he fell unconscious. He died of his wounds and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor seven months later, on June 18, 1945.

Medal of Honor citation alt=A light blue neck ribbon with a gold star-shaped medallion hanging from it. The ribbon is similar in shape to a bowtie with 13 white stars in the center of the ribbon.

Legacy Wilson Barracks , also known as Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Landstuhl, Germany, is named in honor of him.