Donald Kuhn

USS LeRay Wilson (DE-414) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort commissioned by the United States Navy in 1944 during World War II. Named in honor of Seaman LeRay Wilson, who was killed in action during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, the ship served in the Pacific Theater. She performed escort duties for convoys and participated in operations supporting the liberation of the Philippines, surviving several attacks by enemy aircraft and kamikaze pilots. After the war, USS LeRay Wilson was decommissioned in 1946 and later struck from the Navy list in 1972.