Russel Wilson '93 December 1, 2021 10:55 AM updated: December 1, 2021 11:07 AM
Russel Alan Wilson
February 22, 1971 - April 18, 1993
Russel is the child of Willie Rubin Wilson and Jo Ann Scott and brother to Robin Wilson.
Russel grew up in Austin, TX.
Russel went to school at Texas A&M University before he enlisted in the US Army and graduated from the founding class of the LBJ Science Academy in 1989.
Russel was an officer with the US Army at the time of his death in 1993. He was on leave from the base in Ft. Bragg, NC when he perished in a motorcycle accident in Myrtle Beach, SC. He was 6 feet, 3 inches tall.
Some of the things most important to Russel included riding motorcycles, chess, math, engineering issues, fishing, and learning anything possible about wildlife.
It was April 18, 1993 when Russel passed away from head injuries in a motorcycle accident. Russel was buried at the Cook-Walden Capital Park, 14501 N. IH-35, Pflugerville, TX (outside Austin) Section "O", Family Plot 16A.