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 SOLDIERS DETAILS
Soldiers Name:
  Joseph Wilson
Other Names:
 
Also Known As:
 
Marital Status: 
 Married
Age at Death:  
 53
Civilian Job:  
 Shop Worker
  SERVICE DETAILS
Enlistment Date: 
  01/05/1970
Service No: 
  489769  
Rank: 
Lt
Regiment:  
 UDR 
Battalion:  
 2 UDR 
Company:  
 A Company 
Service Type: 
 Part Time
   
DETAILS OF INCIDENT
On or Off Duty: 
  Off
Date of Death: 
 26/10/1976
County:   
  Armagh
Location: 
  Armagh

Details: 
 Shot dead by the IRA as he worked behind a supermarket counter. He was hit three times in the back. He had survived an attempt on his life the year before when gunmen opened fire on his car at point blank range. He and his wife were prosecution witnesses after an Official IRA raid on their home some years before. His son in law was killed by the IRA in 1984. 61st UDR member to be killed and 5th officer.
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