The Topeka Daily Capital Monday November 5, 1951 Donald E. Wilson Killed In Korea. Pfc. Donald Eugene WILSON, 22, of Topeka, was killed October 20 in Korea, according to word received Sunday by his wife, Mrs. Phyllis Wilson, 209 Tyler. His death occurred just 17 days after he had landed in Korea from the United States. Private Wilson and his wife made their home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Butters, 209 Tyler, before he was inducted into the Army last March. He was born in Whiting and attended Washburn University three years and took a pre-medical course at Kansas University. His ambition was to become an optometrist. He was a clerk at the Topeka Post Office when he was inducted into the Army. He took his basic training at Fort Riley and went to Korea with an infantry unit. Besides his wife and grandparents, he is survived by two brothers, Marlin Wilson, Kansas City, and Dr. Melvin Wilson, Jesup, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Grout, Charleston, S.C. and Mrs. Ruth Tootikian, Cleveland, Ohio, and two nephews.