Receiving a temporary promotion to brigadier general in February 1945, he became Commanding General, Advance Section, U.S. Forces, China Burma India Theater, and Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army in India. Later, he commanded Intermediate and Base Sections and consolidated all three, commanding all ground forces remaining in the theater. After the war, Wilson was District Engineer in St. Paul, Minnesota (1946–49), and Mobile, Alabama (1949–52), and then South Atlantic (1952–53) and Mediterranean Division Engineer (1953–55). He assumed command of the 18th Engineer Brigade at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in 1955. He served as Deputy Chief of Engineers for Construction from 1956 to 1960. Wilson was commanding general of the Army Engineer Center and Fort Belvoir and commandant of the Army Engineer School in 1960–61. Wilson's military honors included a Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, a Soldier's Medal and membership in the French Legion of Honor. Wilson retired as Chief of Engineers on June 30, 1965, and died on December 6, 1985, in Mobile, Alabama. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery beside his wife and parents. Wilson was part of a military family. His younger brother John Newton Wilson (1913–1944) was a lieutenant colonel who was killed in the Battle of Normandy. His son Walter King Wilson III (1937–2008) also served in the Engineer Corps and reached the rank of colonel. The General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge on I-65 near Mobile, Alabama was named in his honor. Dates of rank Decorations References This article contains public domain text from External links Generals of World War II 1906 births 1985 deaths People from Escambia County, Florida United States Military Academy alumni Military personnel from Florida United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel Recipients of the Soldier's Medal UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni American military engineers United States Military Academy faculty United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Joint Forces Staff College alumni United States Army generals of World War II Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Army generals United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) People from Mobile, Alabama Burials at Arlington National Cemetery