WILMINGTON, N.C. — David Wallace Preo, 69, of Wilmington, N.C., passed away after an extended illness at the Silver Stream Health and Rehabilitation Center on Saturday, Aug. 28.

He was born in Auburn and was a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps in which he served our country during three tours of duty in the Vietnam War. After retirement from the military, he settled in North Carolina, and volunteered his services to the Disabled American Veterans.

He is survived by his wife, Masako Ikeda Preo, 82, of Havelock, N.C.; children, David W. Preo Jr. and his wife, Erica, of Siler City, and Gina Lynn Hamilton and her husband, Guy, of Waynesville; sister, Beverly Mann of Middleton, Mass.; brother, Robert Preo and his wife, Carol, of Auburn; and his granddaughter, Kailey Hamilton of Waynesville.

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