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 Wi
