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1939-1945

  Dates: day-month-year, so 10.08.1909 is August 10, 1909. RA = Regular Army. AUS = Army of the United States (temporary rank).
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Aaron, Thomas Roswell Married (05.07.1922, Honolulu, HI) Margaret Corlet Lamothe, daughter of John Dominique Lamothe.	07.12.1895 Richmond, VA - 11.07.1964 Diocesan House, Honolulu, HI [National Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater, Honolulu. Section V, Grave 40-J]	Cadet 10.07.1916 2nd Lt. 01.11.1918 [012237] 1st Lt. 05.12.1919 (discharged as 1st Lt. & appointed 2nd Lt. 15.12.1922) (again appointed 1st Lt. 20.04.1923) Capt. 30.04.1935 Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? (retd 1950; disability) CR ? 3 x	Education: MA (Virginia); US Military Aademy, West Point (10.07.1916-01.11.1918; BS; grad. # 6254); Infantry School, Company Officers' course (1930) 01.11.1918 commissioned in the infantry (27th Infantry Regiment) (US Siberian Expeditionary Force, 1919) served in the Phillipines and China (10.1939) 65th Infantry Regiment (San Juan, Puerto Rico) 1943 Commanding Officer, Support Troops, 104th Infantry Division 1948 - 1950 HQ, US Army, Pacific (Fort Shafter, HI) 1950 Base Commander, Eniwetok (Marshall Islands) during atomic testing 1950 - 1951 Professor of Military Schience & Tactics, Rutgers University Taught mathematics at Kamehameha school in Honolulu and was responsible for several selections for various military academies.
Abbey, Evers Son of Herbert Clifton Abbey and Mary E. Abbey.	01.02.1895 Hartford, CT - 15.07.1966 Cy. Broward, FL	2nd Lt. 01.07.1920 [accepted 10.09.1920] [011810] 1st Lt. 01.07.1920 Capt. 01.10.1934 Maj. (temp) 12.10.1937 [accepted 14.10.1937] Flying Rating: Aerial Observer, 09.1918 Reserve Military Aviator, 05.1919 Airplane Pilot, 1920.	Education: Public and high schools of New York City; 1914-1916, New York University (ME); Air Corps Tactical School (1935) Assistant Director, motion pictures, 1916-1917. 19.09.1917 - 15.09.1918 Private & Corporal, Companies B & C, 302 Supply Train, and Field Signal Battalion, 251 Aero Squadron, and 366 Provisional Aero Squadron [accepted 16.09.1918; vacated 10.09.1920] 1917 - 1918 School of Aerial Photography, Fort Sill, OK 1918 School of Aerial Photography, Cornell University 1918 Officer Commanding, Aerial Photo Section No. 31 1919 Officer Commanding, Aerial Photo Section No. 39 1919 - 1921 Border Patrol 1919 - 1920 Officer Commanding, 1st Photographic Section 1920 Aerial Mapping Detachment 01.07.1920 commisioned in the Air Service 1921 Officer Commanding, 2nd Photographic Section 1921? - (1925) School of Aerial Photography (10.1939) OC of AC [= Officer Commanding of Air Corps?] (Washington, DC)
Abbott, Oscar Bergstrom	08.10.1890 San Antonio, TX - 01.10.1969 San Antonio, TX	2nd Lt. 14.06.1917 [05748] 1st Lt. 14.06.1917 Capt. (temp) 19.12.1917-30.06.1920 Capt. 01.07.1920 Maj. 01.10.1934 Lt.Col. ? Col. ? T/Brig.Gen. 26.04.1943-1946 (reverted to Col.) (retd 31.10.1950; age 60) LM ? ?	Education: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; Infantry School, Company Officers' course (1921); Infantry School, Advanced course (1929); Command and General Staff School (1931); Army War College (1933); Washington College of Law (LL.B; 1936) 17.05.1916 - 15.07.1917 Sup. [= Supply?] Sergeant, 2nd Infantry, Texas National Guard 14.06.1917 commissioned in the Cavalry (accepted 16.07.1917) 24.08.1917 transferred to the Infantry General Staff Corps Eligible List 01.07.1933 - 30.06.1937 General Staff Corps 07.1937 - 08.1940 Instructor, Texas National Guard (Fort Worth, TX) 08.1940 - 06.1942 Staff Officer, later Chief of the Miscellaneous Branch, War Department, General Staff 06.1942 - 05.1944 with HQ of Services and Supply 05.1944 - 02.1946 Commanding General, Camp Beal, CA
Abbott, W	? ? - ? ?	2nd Lt. ? 1st Lt. ? Capt. (09.1942)	Education: ? (09.1942)     G-2, Eisenhower's Staff
Abbott, Ward Terry	19.06.1908 NJ - 17.12.1985 Corrales, NM	2nd Lt. 13.06.1929 [017515] 1st Lt. 01.10.1934 Capt. 13.06.1939 Maj. ? Lt.Col. 1943? Col. ? (retd 1956) LM ? 2 x	Education: MA (New Jersey); US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1925-13.06.1929; BS; grad. # 8508);Cornell University (CE 1932, MCE 1933) 13.06.1929 commissioned in the Corps of Engineers 12.09.1929 - 16.01.1930 Air Corps (10.1939) Engineer School (Fort Belvoir, VA) 1942 - 1943 Air Engineer, Fifth US Air Force (SW Pacific) 1948 - 1950 HQ Continental Air Command 1951   HQ Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base 1952 - 1953 HQ Far East Air Force 1953 - 1954 HQ Strategic Air Command Assistant Professor Civil Inudstrial Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1964-1973.
Abell, Julian David	15.10.1906 Nappanee, IN - 02.02.1992 Springfield, VA	2nd Lt. RA 10.06.1932 [018666] 1st Lt. RA 01.08.1935 Capt. AUS 09.09.1940 Lt.Col. 02.04.1943 Col. 12.09.1945 Col. AUS 07.09.1950 Col. RA 03.08.1953 (retd 1962) LM ? 2 x BSM ? ?	Education: MA (Indiana); US Military Academy, West Point (02.07.1928-10.06.1932; BS; grad. # 9334); Engineering School, Company Officers' Course (1937); Indiana University (AB (Physics); 1927); Cornell University (MS (Enigeering), 1936); Armed Forces Staff College; Command & General Staff School, 2 Comd Class (1946) 10.06.1932 commissioned in the Corps of Engineers 22.07.1932 - 03.03.1933 Air Corps 1943 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 660th Engineering Battalion (Europe) 1945 Acting Chief of Staff, Seine [Base] Section, Theater Service Forces, European Theater 1946 - 1950 Office of the Chief Engineer 1950 - 1953 Engineering Section, GHQ Far East Command 1953 - 1957 Commanding Officer, Army Map Service 1960 - 1962 Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff/Intelligence
Abercrombie, Jay Alan	09.10.1911 AK - 10.01.1993 Prairie Batavia, IL	2nd Lt. 12.06.1937 [020604] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? (retd 01.09.1959) CR ? ?	Education: MA (Colorado); Colorado Agricultural College (BS, 1933); US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1933-12.06.1937; BS; grad. # 10771); University of California (MS, 1940); Marquette (MS, 1968) ? National Guard, Colorado 12.06.1937 commissioned in the Corps of Engineers (10.1939) student, University of California (Berkely, CA) 1943 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 352nd Engnieer Battalion (Persian Gulf Theater) 1944 - 1945 Office of the Chief Engineer 1952 - 1954 Office of the Chief Engineer
Abraham, Clyde Rush	17.07.1883 Farmington, PA - 25.03.1955 DC	2nd Lt. 1906 [02153] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. 01.08.1935 T/Brig.Gen. 01.10.1940-05.1942 (reverted to Col.) (retd 31.07.1943; disabilty) Brig.Gen. (retd) 10.1948	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1906; grad. # 4509); Command and General Staff School (1927); Army War College (1933) 1906 commissioned in the Infantry 1906 - 1909 Cuban Pacification WW I Inspector-General, 81st Infantry Division & Assistant Inspector-General, 2nd Army, American Expediotionary Forces (France) 1918 - 1923? American Forces in Germany 1928 - 1932 G-3, 4th Coast Artillery Regiment 1936 - 1939 Commanding Officer, 17th Infantry Regiment 1939 - 1940 Inspector General,  Puerto Rican Department (San Juan, Puerto Rico) 10.1940 - 05.1942 Assistant Division Commander, 5th Infantry Division
Abrams Jr., Creighton Williams Married Julia Harvey (1936); three sons, three daughters.	15.09.1914 * Springfield, MA - 04.09.1974 Washington, DC (died of cancer) [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 21] * Army Register: 16.09.1914	2nd Lt. 12.06.1936 [020296] 1st Lt. 12.06.1939 Capt. AUS 09.09.1940 Capt. 06.1946 T/Maj. 02.1942 Maj. 07.1948 T/Lt.Col. 09.1942 Lt.Col. RA 07.07.1953 T/Col. 04.1945 & 06.1951 Col. 06.1961 Brig.Gen. AUS 17.02.1956 Brig.Gen. 02.1963 T/Maj.Gen. 06.1960 Maj.Gen. 08.1965 T/Lt.Gen. 08.1963 T/Gen. 09.1964 (died while in office 04.09.1974) DDSM ? ? DSC ? 2 x DSM ? 4 x LM ? 2 x SSM ? 2 x BSM ? ?	Education: MA (Massachusetts); US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1932-12.06.1936; grad. # 10644); Command and General Staff College (1949); Army War College (1953) 12.06.1936 commissioned in the Cavalry 1936 - 1940 1st Cavalry Division (7th Cavalry Regiment) (Fort Bliss, TX) 1940 - 1941 tank company commander, 1st Armored Division 1941 - 09.1943 battalion commander, 37th Armored Regiment, 4th Armored Division 09.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 37th Tank Battalion &  Divisional Combat Command B, 4th Armored Division (NW Europe) 1945 Army General Staff (Washington) 1945 - 1946 War Plans section of the Army Ground Forces Headquarters 1946 - 1948 director of tactics of the Armored School at Fort Knox 1949 - 1951 Commanding Officer, 63d Tank Battalion, 1st Infantry Division (Europe) 1951 - 1952 Commanding Officer, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment (Europe) 1953 - ? Chief of Staff, I Corps (Korea) ? - ? Chief of Staff, X Corps (Korea) ? - 1954 Chief of Staff, IX Corps (Korea) 1954 - 1956 Chief of Staff, Armor Center at Fort Knox 1956 - 1959 Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve Components 1959 - 1960 Assistant Division Commander, 3rd Armored Division 1960 - 1960 Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, United States Army, Europe 1960 - 1962 Commanding General, 3rd Armored Division (Germany) 1962 - 1963 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (Washington) 1963 - 1963 Assistant Chief of Staff for Force Development (Washington) 1963 - 09.1964 Commanding General, V Corps (Germany) 08.1964 - 04.1967 (Acting) Vice Chief of Staff, US Army (Washington) 05.1967 - 06.1968 Deputy Commander, US Military Assistance Command (Vietnam) 06.1968 - 1972 Commander, US Military Assistance Command (Vietnam) 12.10.1972 - 04.09.1974 Chief of Staff, US Army (Washington) Literature: Lewis Sorley. Thunderbolt : General Creighton Abrams and the army of his times (1992)
Adams, Andrew Joseph Son of Alfred E. and Eunice Clements Adams. Married DeLellis Frances Shramek (25.10.1934); two sons, one daughter.	29.08.1909 Rose Hill, AL - 23.06.2001 Montgomery, MD	2nd Lt. 1931 [018579] 1st Lt. 01.08.1935 Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? Brig.Gen. 30.11.1956 Maj.Gen. 1956 (retd 1967) DSM ? ? LM ? 2 x SS ? ? BSM ? ? Army Commendation Medal & olc; Legion of Honour; Croix de Guerre with palm (France); Ulchi medal with gold star (Korea); Military Order Ayachucho (Peru).	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1931; grad. # 9273); Infantry School (1938); Command and General Staff College (1942); Air Command and General Staff School (1946); Industrial College of the Armed Forces (Fort Leslie J. McNair, DC) (1953) 1931 commissioned in the Infantry (10.1939) 66th Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, GA) 1942 - 1945 7th Armored Division (US, ETO): 1942 - 1944 commanded units 08.09.1944 - 11.09.1944 Combat Command B (temp.) 11.09.1944 - 15.09.1944 Combat Command R 15.09.1944 - 13.11.1944 Chief of Staff 27.03.1945 - 06.04.1945 Combat Command A 1946 - 1949 Staff & Faculty, Air Command Staff College 1950 - 1952 USA Mission, Peru 1953 Chief Management Division, Office Comptroller, US Army 1954 - 1955 Commanding Officer, 23rd Infantry Regiment (also senior adviser to Commanding General, 2nd Republic of Korea Army) 1955 - 1959 Director Personnel, also Director Supply Operations, Office Deputy Chief Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army 1959 - 1961 Deputy Chief Staff for Logistics, HQ US Army Europe 1961 - 1962 Deputy Commanding General, 7th US Army, also Commanding General, 7th US Support Command and Mobile Land Force, Allied Forces Europe 1962 - 1963 Commanding General, IX Corps 1963 - 1966 Deputy Chief Staff for Logistics, HQ US Army Pacific 1966 - 1967 Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Continental Army Command 1967 Chief Executive & Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission (Washington) Armored Division Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1967.
Adams, Claude Mitchell Son of Jeremiah John Robert and Annie (Senter) Adams. Married Ruth Cornelia Graves (14.09.1921).	02.10.1895 Humboldt, TN - 26.03.1958 Humboldt, TN [Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, TN]	2nd Lt. 04.1917 [06412] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. 01.08.1935 Lt.Col. ? Col. ? Brig.Gen. 17.03.1943 (retd 31.07.1944) LM ? ? Order of Military Merit (Brazil), Legion of Honour (France), Medalha de Guerre (Brazil).	Education: Fitzgerald-Clarke School; University of Tennessee; Command and General Staff School (1940) 06.1916 - 1917 enlisted service in Tennessee National Guard and the Regular Army 04.1917 commissioned in the Infantry 10.1917 - 05.1919 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division (France, incl. Ypres-Lys and Somme offensives) 1928 - 1931 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Punahou Academy 1934 - 1937 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, University of Florida 1940 - 1941 Adjutant, Executive Officer & Aide-de-Camp to General George C. Marshall (Chief of Staff, US Army) 1941 - 1942 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Staunton Military Academy 1942 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Augusta Military Academy 1942 - 1944 Military Attaché, Brazil 1951 - 1952 State Director, Civil Defense 1952 Executive Assistant Governor Browning
Adams, Clayton Sinnot	07.12.1890 Champaign, IL - 06.04.1965 CA	2nd Lt. 1917 [0101922] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? Brig.Gen. 08.09.1942 (retd 11.07.1944; disability) LM ? ?	Education: ? 1917 commissioned in the Infantry Reserve following attendance at Officer's Training Camp, Fort Sheridan 09.1940 - 07.1944 called to active duty: 09.1940 - 1942 Office of the Adjutant-General, US Army 1942 - 1943 Head of Army Postal Service 12.1943 - 07.1944 duty with Army Service Forces
Adams, Emory Sherwood	06.02.1881 Manhattan, KS - 30.11.1967 Monterey, CA	2nd Lt. ? [01731] Col. ? Maj.Gen. 01.05.1938 (retd 28.02.1942)	Education: ?         (10.1939)     Adjutant General, War Department (Washington)
Adams, Paul De Witt	06.10.1906 Heflin, AL - 31.10.1987 Hillsborough, FL	2nd Lt. ? [017306] Capt. 09.06.1938 Col. Brig.Gen. 03.1945 Maj.Gen. 08.10.1947 (retd ?)	Education: ? ?     commissioned in the Infantry (10.1939)     45th Infantry Regiment (Manila, Philippine Islands)
Adcock, Clarence Lionel Son of Charles John and Jennie Abbie (Leonard) Adcock. Married first ...; 2 sons. Married second Inez Elise Genrich (05.03.1947).	23.10.1895 Waltham, MA - 09.01.1967 Tucson, AZ [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 3]	2nd Lt. 1918 [09310] 1st Lt. ? T/Capt. 1918 Capt. 24.05.1933 Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? T/Brig.Gen. 03.1943 T/Maj.Gen. 06.09.1945 (reverted to Col.) (retd 31.01.1947) DSM ? 3 x LM ? 2 x CBE ? ? LegH ? ? CdeG ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1918; grad. 5909 ); Engineer School (1921); Command and General Staff School (1935); Army War College (1939) 1918 commissioned in the Corps of Engineers 1935 - 1938 Instructor, Command and General Staff School  (10.1939) Office Chief of Engineers (Washington, DC) 06.1942 - 1943 G-4 [Deputy Chief of Staff (Supply)], II Corps  (N Africa) 1943 - 1943 G-4 [Deputy Chief of Staff (Supply)], 5th Army  (N Africa) 1943 - 1944 aG-4 [Deputy Chief of Staff (Supply)], Allied  Force HQ (N Africa, Italy) 1944 - 06.1945 G-4 [Deputy Chief of Staff (Supply)], 6th Army Group (France, Germany) 06.1945 - ? Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Affairs, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ? - 03.1946 Deputy Chief of Staff for Civil Affairs, US Forces European Theater of Operations 1946 - 1947 Office of Military Government, United States (under Gen. L.D. Clay) 1948 - 1949 recalled to active duty 1947 - 1949 US Chairman, Bipartite Control Office (Frankfurt, Germany) (supervising German economic government of British and American zones of occupation) Assistant  to the president of the Continental Can Co., NYC, 1950-1967.
Adler, Julius Ochs Son of Harry Clay and Ada (Ochs) Adler. Married to Barbara Stettheimer Adler; one son, two daughters.	03.12.1892  Chattanooga, TN - 03.10.1955 New York, NY ? [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 2]	2nd Lt. 07.04.1917 [?] Capt. 08.1917 Lt.Col. 1923 Col. 1930 Brig.Gen. 07.1941 (reld 17.11.1944; illness) Maj.Gen. 24.01.1948 (Army Reserve) DSC ? action St. Juvin (France) 14.10.18 SS ? ? PH ? ? LegH ? ? CdeG ? ?	Education: Princeton University (1914) 1914 - 1917 employed by The New York Times (attended the first Business and Professional Men's Training Camp at Plattsburg, NY) 07.04.1917 commissioned in the Cavalry 1917 - 10.05.1919 commander of a battalion of infantry on the Western Front in France (306th Infantry, 77th Division; France, incl. Lorraine, Aisne-Marne, Vesle & Meuse-Argonne offensives) 05.1919 - 10.1940 employed by The New York Times (General Manager 1935) 10.1940 - 11.1944 called to active duty: Commanding Officer, 113th Infantry Regiment, 44th Division (Fort Dix, NJ)  4th Motorized Division 6th Motorized Infantry Division Desert Training Center, CA 09.1941 - 06.1944 Assistant Division Commander, 6th Infantry Division (Australia, New Guiena) 11.1946 - (1948) Commanding General, 77th Division (Army's Organized Reserve) 1944 - 1955 employed by The New York Times (Vice-President); publisher of the Chattanooga Times Vice-president & general manager, The New York Times. President, Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association, 1949-1951. Published: (ed.) History of the Seventy seventh division, August 25th, 1917, November 11th, 1918 (1919); (ed.) History of the 306th Infantry (1935).
Ahern, Leo James	17.06.1886 Miller, SD - 25.07.1974 Washington, DC	2nd Lt. ? [02587] T/Col. 1918 Col. 01.06.1938 & 06.1946 again T/Brig.Gen. 11.03.1943-06.1946 (retd 30.09.946) Brig.Gen. (retd) 1948	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1909; grad. # 4767); School of the Line (1922); Command and General Staff School (1923); Army War College (1924); Babson Institute (1929) 1909 commissioned in the Field Artillery 1915 - 1917 1st Field Artillery (Hawaii) 05.02.1920 - 19.04.1920 Commandant, Fort Bragg 1924 - 1926 Staff Officer, Philippine Department 1927 - 1940 Inspector General's Department [(10.1939) III Corps Ares, Baltimore, MD] 06.1940 - 01.1945 duty in Office, Inspector General, War Department (Washington)
Akin, Spencer Ball	13.02.1889 Greenville, MS - 06.10.1973 Loudoun, VA	2nd Lt. ? [02916] Col. 15.08.1939 Maj.Gen. 03.11.1943 (retd 31.03.1951)	Education: Virginia Military Institute (1910)       commissioned in the Signal Corps (10.1939)     Officer Commanding of Signal Office (Washington, DC)
Alexander, Clyde Charles	01.07.1892 Fresno, CA - 04.01.1965 ?	2nd Lt. 08.1917 [05974] 1st Lt. ? Maj. 05.04.1935 Col. Brig.Gen. 03.02.1943 (retd 31.07.1952)	Education: Field Artillery School (1926); Command and General Staff School (1934); Army Industrial College (1936) 1916 - 1917 served as 2nd & 1st Lt. in the Field Artillery, California National Guard 08.1917     commissioned into the Field Artillery (10.1939)     Office Commanding of National Guard Bureau (Washington, DC)
Alexander, George Murrell Son of Frank and Fanny (Murrell) Alexander.	01.08.1889 Lynchburg, VA - 03.03.1961 Lynchburg, VA [Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA]	2nd Lt. 1909 [0179637] Col. 1930s Brig.Gen. 14.01.1941 (retd 31.08.1949) PH ? ?	Education: Virginia Military Institute (1909) 1909 commissioned in the Virginia National Guard 06.1916 - 01.1917 active duty in Regular Army 07.1917 - 07.1919 active duty in Regular Army 1933 - 1940 Commanding Officer, 116th Infantry Regiment 14.01.1941 - 07.1945 recalled to active duty: 14.01.1941 - 08.1943? Commanding General, 91st Infantry Brigade 08.1943 - 03.1945 Assistant Deputy Provost Marshal, HQ European Theater of Operations
Alexander, Roger Gordon Son of Cicero and Ellen Maria (Carter) Alexander.	01.08.1883 Paris, MO - 02.04.1961 Ventura, CA	2nd Lt. 1907 [01497] Col. 12.04.1930 Brig.Gen. 20.07.1946 (retd 31.08.1947) DSM ? ? LM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1907; grad. # 4532) 1907 commissioned in the Corps of Engineers 1912 - 1916 Instructor, Department of Practical Military Engineering, US Military Academy, West Point WW I General Staff, General HQ, American Expeditionary Forces (France) 1920 - 1945 Professor of Drawing, US Military Academy, West Point 1945 - 1946 Acting Dean, Adacemy Board, US Military Academy, West Point 1946 - 1947 Dean, Adacemy Board, US Military Academy, West Point
Alfonte, James Raymond Son of Reuben Milton and Catherine Letitia (Wynn) Alfonte. Married Mary Gates Redmond (06.03.1920); one son. one daughter.	07.12.1886 Fortville, IN - 08.02.1951 ?	2nd Lt. 10.1911 [03189] Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 20.06.1942 (retd 31.08.1946) LM ? ?	Education: Purdue; Command and General Staff School (1930); Army Industrial College (1932); Army War College (1938) 10.1911     commissioned in the Infantry 1914     7th Infantry (punitive expedition to Mexico) 1916 - 1917 flying training 1921 - 1945 extensive duty with the Quartermaster Corps: 1938 - 1942 Quartermaster, Infantry School (Fort Benning, GA) 1942 - 1943 duty at HQ Quartermaster-General 1943 - 1945 Commanding General, New Cumberland, PA, Army Service Forces Depot 1945 - 1946 Commanding General, Utah Army Service Forces Depot
Alger, James Dyce Son of James Henry and Constance (Dyce) Alger. Married Consuela Zobel de Ayala (20.07.1940).	25.03.1912 Brockton, MA - 19.05.1986 Honolulu, HI [National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, plot: X 1025]	2nd Lt. 1935 [019848] 1st Lt. 12.06.1938 Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? Brig.Gen. 04.08.1957 T/Maj.Gen. 1956 Lt.Gen. ? (retd 1970) LM ? 2 x BSM ? 2 x PH ? ? DSM ? 2 x CR ? ?   JSCM ? ? Legion of Honor (Philippines)	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1935; grad. # 10321); Army War College (1951) 1935 commissioned in the Cavalry (10.1939) 26th Cavalry Regiment (Manila, Philippine Islands) WW II 1st Armored Division: 1942 - 1943 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment 1943 - 1945 POW 1945 Commanding Officer, Regiment, The Armored Centre, Fort Knox, KY 1949 - 1950 Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1951 - 1952 Office, Secretary of Defense 1953 - 1954 Chief of Staff, 45th Infantry Division (Korea) (also member, Korean Military Advisory Group) 1954 - 1955 Chief of Staff, 4th Armored Division 1956 - 1957 member, Department Army Staff 1957 - 1959 Assistant Divisional Commander, 3rd Armored Division 1959 - 1961 G-3, Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans - Operations), Allied Land Forces, Central Europe 1961 - 1963 Commanding General, II US Army Corps 1963 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (Military Operations), Department of the Army 1963 special assistant to Chief of Staff US Army for Special Warfare Activities 1963 US Army member, US delegation, Joint Board of Defense, Canada-United States (& chairman of some other delegations) 1963 - 1964 Office Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations), Department of the Army 1964 - 1967 Commanding General, Army Special Operations Command 1967 - 1970 Chairman, Inter-American Defense Board President, ALDAProp, VP&Tr CONAL
Allen Jr., Frank Albert Married; at least one daughter.	19.06.1896 Cleveland, OH - 20.11.1979 Washington, DC	2nd Lt. 08.1917 [07415] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. 01.08.1935 Lt.Col. ? Col. ? Brig.Gen. 09.1942 Maj.Gen. 20.06.1948 (retd 30.11.1956) DSM ? ? LM ? ? SS ? 3 x DFC ? ? BSM ? 2 x PH ? 2 x	Education: Kenyon College (1914-1917); Command and General Staff School (1936); Army War College (1939-1940) 08.1917 commissioned in the Infantry Reserve, later transferred to Cavalry WW I 77th Field Artillery Regiment (France, incl. Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel & Meuse-Argonne offensives) 1921 - 1923 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Norwich University 04.1926 - 07.1933 Aide to Maj.Gen. Dennis E. Nolan (Commander, 5th & 2nd Corps Areas) 02.1941 - 08.1941 Chief of the Pictorial and Radio Branch of the Bureau of Public Relations, War Department 08.1941 - 10.1941 1st Armored Division [?] 10.1941 - 08.1942 Battalion & Regimental Commander [34th Armored Regiment], 5th Armored Division 08.1942 - 06.1943 Commander, Combat Command A, 9th Armored Division 06.1943 - 07.1944 Commander, Combat Command B, 1st Armored Division (North Africa) 07.1944 - 07.1944 Commander, Task Force Allen (Italy) (under II Corps) 07.1944 - 09.1944 G-2, 6th Army Group 09.1944 - 07.1945 Director of Public Relations Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force 07.1945 - 07.1945 Commanding General, 3rd Armored Division 1951 - 1952 Chief of Information, Far East Command Assistant Division Commander, 1st Cavalry Division (Korea) 1954 - 1956 Chief of Military Assistance Advisory Group in Italy
Allen, Harvey Clark	21.03.1888 Craftsburg, VT - 12.12.1963 ?	2nd Lt. ? [02972] Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 01.10.1940 (retd 31.08.1945)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps (10.1939)     13th Coast Artillery Regiment (Fort Barrancas, FL)
Allen, Leven Cooper	29.03.1894 Fort Douglas, UT - 27.09.1979 Washington, DC	2nd Lt. ? [04760] Lt.Col. 01.11.1938 Col. Maj.Gen. 21.09.1944 (retd 31.12.1951)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Infantry (10.1939)     18th Infantry Regiment (Fort Wadsworth, NY)
Allen, Roderick Random Son of Jefferson Buffington and Emma (Albers) Allen. Married Maydelle Campbell (25.04.1917).	29.01.1894 Marshall, TX - 01.02.1970 Washington, DC [Arlington National Cemetery]	2nd Lt. 29.11.1916 [04652] 1st Lt. ? Capt. 1917 Maj. ? Lt.Col. 01.08.1938 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 05.1942 T/Maj.Gen. 17.01.1943 Maj.Gen. 02.1944 (retd 31.05.1954) DSM ? 2 x LM ? ? SS ? ? BSM ? ? Army Command Ribbon; Distinguished Marksman; Officer Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre with Palm (France); Order of the White Lion and Victory, War Cross (Czechoslovakia)	Education: Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College (1915; BS; 1946, Hon. LLD); University of Toulouse, France (1919); Cavalry School (1923); Command and General Staff School (1929); Army War College (1935); Naval War College (1936) 29.11.1916 commissioned in the Cavalry (16th Cavalry Regiment) 10.1917 - 07.1919 Captain, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, AEF (France) ? Commanding Officer, 32nd Armor Regiment 1932 - 1934 Instructor, Command and General Staff School 03.08.1936 - 1940 Office Chief of Staff, G-3, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) 07.1940 - ? 1st Armored Regiment ? - ? 3rd Armored Division ? - ? 32nd Armored Regiment ? - ? 6th Armored Division 04.1942 - 10.1943 Commanding Officer, Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division 10.1943 - 09.1944 Commanding General, 20th Armored Division 01.10.1944 - 08.1945 Commanding General, 12th Armored Division (NW Europe) 08.1945 - 02.1946 Commanding General, 1st Armored Division (Italy, Germany) 1945 - 1947 Director of Operations, Plans and Training, US Forces, European Command 1947 - 1948 Director of Intelligence, Army Ground Forces 04.1948 - 06.1950 Commanding General, 3rd Armored Division (Fort Knox) 1950 - 1951 Deputy Chief of Staff, Far Eastern Command & UN Command, Japan & Chief of Staff, Korean operations, Japan 1951 - 1952 Commanding General, XVI Corps (Japan) 02.1952 - 07.1952 Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division 07.1952 - 1954 Commanding General, New England Subarea & Boston Army Base & Fort Devens, MA
Allen, Terry de la Mesa "Terrible Terry" Son of Col. Samuel Edward Allen, US Army (retd) and Conchita Alvarez de la Mesa Allen. Married (06.1928) Mary Frances Robinson; one son (killed in action in Vietnam 17.10.1967).	01.04.1888 Fort Douglas, UT - 12.09.1969 El Paso, TX [National Cemetery, Fort Bliss]	2nd Lt. 30.11.1912 [03461] 1st Lt. 01.07.1916 Capt. 15.05.1917 Maj. (T) 07.06.1918-15.03.1920 Maj. 01.07.1920 Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. ? Brig.Gen. (T) 01.10.1940 Maj.Gen. (T) 19.06.1942 (retd 31.08.1946; disability) DSM ? 2 x LM ? ? SSM ? ? BSM ? ? PH ? 2x CB (Hon.) (1944)  (UK); Croix de Guerre with Palm (France), Legion of Honor (France); Order of Suvorov, Class II (Gold) (Russia)	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1907-1911; discharged); Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (1912; BA); Mounted Service School, Fort Riley, Kans. (05.1916); Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. (01-06.1924); Command & General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (1924-1926); Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. (06.1932); Army War College, Washington, DC (08.1934-06.1935) 30.11.1912 - 1913 commissioned in the Cavalry (14th Cavalry (Fort Meyer, VA & Eagle Pass, TX)) 1916 - 1918 served various stations on Mexican border (Del Rio & Eagle Pass, TX) 04.1918 - 07.06.1918 Fort Sam Houston, TX 07.06.1918 - 09.1920 sent to France with the 315th Ammunition Train; transferred to the Infantry & commanded the 3rd Battalion, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, AEF (France); Sept. 1918, received first of three battle wounds; remained with American Expeditionary Forces in France & with the Army of Occupation in Germany 09.1920 Camp Travis, TX 03.1922 Fort McIntosh, TX 09.1922 61st Cavalry Division, New York City, NY 1926 - 1929 7th Cavalry, Fort Bliss, TX ? - ? later served at Camp Jackson, SC, Fort Oglethorpe, GA [01.1931] & Fort Benning, GA with 6th Cavalry 01.08.1935 - 06.1939 instructor at the Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. 06.1939 - 01.10.1940 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Fort Bliss, TX) 01.10.1940 - 04.1941 Commanding General, 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Fort Riley, KS) 04.1941 - 05.1941 Commanding General, 2nd Cavalry Division (Fort Riley, KS) 12.1941 - 19.06.1942 Assistant Division Commander, 36th Infantry Division (Camp Bowie, TX.) 19.06.1942 - 02.08.1942 Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division 02.08.1942 - 02.10.1943 Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division (Fort Benning, Ga., UK, Tunisia, Sicily); relieved of command 02.10.1943 - 31.08.1946 Commanding General, 104th Infantry Division (Holland, Germany) Literature: Gerald Astor, Terrible Terry Allen : Combat General of World War II - The Life of an American Soldier (2003)
Allen, Wayne Russell	28.01.1899 Denver, CO - 06.12.1975 Santa Barbara, CA	2nd Lt. ? [?] Col. Brig.Gen. 09.1944 Maj.Gen. 02.09.1944 (retd ?)	Education: ?
Allin, George R Son of Thomas Banbury and Catherine Jane (Detwiler) Allin. Married Jessie Cooper Pontius (26.11.1913).	15.02.1880 Scott Township, IA - 02.06.1956 Fort Ord, CA	2nd Lt. 1904 [01898] Col. 01.05.1935 Brig.Gen. 01.10.1940 (retd 30.06.1942) LM ? ? DSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1904; grad. # 4231); Command and General Staff School (1923); Army War College (1924) 1904 commissioned in the Field Artillery 1908 - 1912 Instructor, US Military Academy, West Point 1914 Vera Cruz expedition WW I served briefly with the Americen Expedionary Forces (France) (10.1939) General Staff Corps, III Corps Area (Baltimore, MD) Executive Officer, Ch FA 18 01.1941 - 06.1942 Commandant, Field Artillery School 1942 - 1948 Superintendent Military Academy Sewanee, TN
Almond, Edward Mallory	12.12.1892 Luray, VA - 11.06.1979 San Antonio, TX [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 2]	2nd Lt. 11.1916 [04666] 1st Lt. 17.03.1917 Capt. 28.03.1918 T/Maj. 20.10.1918-1919 Maj. 13.08.1928 Lt.Col. 01.09.1938 T/Col. 18.10.1941 Col. 12.1945 T/Brig.Gen. 14.03.1942 T/Maj.Gen. 23.09.1942 Maj.Gen. 01.1948, seniority 09.1944 T/Lt.Gen. 12.02.1951 (retd 31.01.1953) DSC ? ? DSM ? ? DSM ? ? SS ? ? SS ? ? DFC ? ? DFC ? ? DFC ? ? BSM ? ? BSM ? ? AM ? 16 x CR ? 3x (Commendation Ribbon) PH ? ?	Education: Virginia Military Institute (1915; BS); Infantry School (1923-1924); Command and General Staff School (1930); Army War College (1934); Army's Air Corps Tactical School, Maxwell Field, AL (1938); Naval War College (1940) 11.1916 commissioned in the Infantry 06.1917 - 06.1918 commander machine gun company, 4th Infantry Division 06.1918 - 1919 4th Division (commander 12th MG Battalion) (France: Meuse-Argonne & Aisne-Marne offensives) 1919 - 1923 Instructor, Military Science, Marion Institute, AL 1924 - 1928 Instructor, Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA 1930 - 1934 Philippines (battalion commander for native scouts) 1934 - 1938 Intellegence Division, War Department General Staff (Washington) 01.1941 - 03.1942 staff duty at VI Corps HQ (Providence, RI) 03.1942 - 07.1942 Assistant Division Commander, 93rd Infantry Division (AZ) 07.1942 - 08.1945 Commanding General, 92nd Infantry Division (AL, AZ, Italy, WA) 09.1945 - 06.1946 Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division (Camp Swift, TX) 06.1946 - 01.1947 G-1, McArthur's HQ, SCAP (Tokyo) 01.1947 - 18.02.1949 Deputy Chief of Staff, Far Eastern Command 18.02.1949 - 08.1950 Chief of Staff, Far East Command 26.08.1950 - 15.07.1951 Commanding General, X Corps (Korea) 16.08.1951 - 06.12.1952 Commandant, Army War College (Carlisle Barracks, PA) Lived thereafter in Anniston, Alabama, where he was an executive in an insurance company and had numerous civic interests.
Almond Jr., Edward Mallory	07.12.1921 AL - 19.03.1945 Wattweiler, Germany (KIA) [age 23] [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 2]	2nd Lt. ? [?] Capt. (1945) BSMv ? ? BSM ? ? Cl ? ? PH ? ? PH ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1943 grad. # 13604)   - 19.03.1945 Commanding Officer, Company L, 157 Infantry Regiment, 45th Division
Almquist Jr, Elmer Hugo	17.05.1919 Louisville, KY - 19.01.2005 Belvoir Woods Health Care Center, Alexandria, VA	2nd Lt. 27.05.1940 [O24228] ... ... Lt.Gen. ? (retd 1975)	Education: Auburn University 27.05.1940 commissioned in the Field Artillery Reserve 08.1967 - 22.05.1968 Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)
Althaus, Kenneth George	13.06.1895 Cincinatti, OH - 06.1987 FL	2nd Lt. ? [06208] Maj. 01.08.1935 Col. Brig.Gen. 24.06.1943 (retd 31.05.1946)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Cavalry (10.1939)     ROTC, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (Raleigh, NC)
Anderson, John Benjamin	10.03.1891 Waxabachie, IA - 01.09.1976 Washington, DC	2nd Lt. 12.06.1914 [03686] ... ... Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 10.1941 Maj.Gen. 04.08.1942 (retd 30.06.1946; disability) DSM ? ? LM ? ? BSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (12.06.1914 grad. # 5237) 12.06.1914 commissioned in the Field Artillery 1938 - 1941 in the Office of the Chief of Field Artillery 09.1942 - 12.1943 Commanding General, 102nd Infantry Division 04.01.1944 - 10.1945 Commanding General, XVI Corps (NW Europe)
Anderson, Jonathan Waverly	07.06.1890 Lookout Mountain, TN - 15.06.1967 Alexandria, VA	2nd Lt. ? [03196] Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. Maj.Gen. 17.03.1942 (retd 30.06.1950)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Field Artillery 01.07.1938 - (10.1939) General Staff Corps; Office Chief of Staff, War Plans Division (Washington, DC)
Anding, James Grafton Married to Jane Cheney Rehkopf.	28.04.1904 MS - 25.06.1983 Bethesda, MD	2nd Lt. ? [015677] 1st Lt. ? Capt. 01.08.1935 Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. (1944) (retd 1954) LM ? 2 x BSM ? ? CR ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1924; grad. # 7402)       commissioned in the Field Artillery (10.1939)     Reserve Officer's Training Corps, University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) 1942 - ? G-4, IV Corps ? - ? G-4, 3rd Army (1944) - 1945 G-4, VII Corps 1948 - 1952 Joint Plans HQ Commander-in-Chief Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean 1952     Military Assistant, Office Secrerary of Defense
Andrus, Clift Son of Edwin Proctor and Marie Josephine (Birdwell) Andrus. Married Marion Eleanor Lightfoot (15.02.1918); two daughters.	12.10.1890 Fort Leaven- worth, KS - 30.09.1968 Washington, DC [Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 7]	2nd Lt. 1912 [03266] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 05.1942 Maj.Gen. 17.03.1945 (retd 31.10.1952) DSC ? ? DSM ? ? SS ? 2 x LM ? 2 x BSM ? 2 x Soldiers Medal.	Education: Cornell University (1912); Field Artillery School (1927-1928); Command and General Staff School (1928-1930); Army War College (1933-1934); Naval War College (1934-1935 & 1939-1940); Drexel Institute of Technology (1951; Hon. DSc) 1912 commissioned in the Field Artillery (4th Field Artillery Regiment) 08.1941 - 03.1942 duty with Hawaiian Department 05.1942 - 12.1944 Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division Artillery 11.12.1944 - 05.1946 Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division [from 11 to 13.12.1944 acting] 20.06.1946 - 15.04.1949 Chief of Field Artillery
Ankcorn, Charles Morris	11.09.1893 Palouse, WA - 01.10.1955 ?	2nd Lt. ? [07124] Maj. 01.08.1935 Col. Brig.Gen. 15.09.1943 (retd 31.12.1944)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Infantry (10.1939)     Instructor, National Guard (Denver, CO)
Appleton, John Adams	24.12.1891 New York, NY - 05.12.1966 ?	2nd Lt. ? [?] Col. Brig.Gen. 13.11.1944 (retd ?)	Education: ?
Arms, Thomas Seelye	22.03.1893 Cleveland, OH - 30.09.1970 Easton, MD	2nd Lt. ? [04729] Lt.Col. 01.10.1938 Col. Brig.Gen. 27.04.1943 (retd 30.09.1946)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Infantry (10.1939)     Instructor, National Guard (Cleveland, OH)
Armstrong, Clare Hibbs	23.01.1894 Albert Lea, MN - 12.07.1969 Europe	2nd Lt. ? [05318] Maj. 01.03.1933 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 16.03.1943 (retd 31.03.1953)	Education: ?       commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps (10.1939)     US Military Academy, West Point
Armstrong, Donald Son of Samuel T. and Alice (Cobin) Armstrong. Married Frances Richards Newcomb (22.08.1912).	15.04.1889 Staten Island, Richmond, NY - 11.01.1984 Palm Beach, FL	2nd Lt. ? [02967] Col. 01.09.1939 Brig.Gen. 22.05.1942 (retd 31.10.1946)	Education: ?       Ordnance Department (10.1939)     Chicago Ordnance District (Chicago, IL)
Arnold, Archibald Vincent	24.02.1889 Collinsville, CT - 04.01.1973 Southern Pines, NC	2nd Lt. ? [03395] Lt.Col. 01.08.1935 Col. Maj.Gen. 21.06.1944 (retd 31.05.1948)	Education: ?       Field Artillery (10.1939)     17th Field Artillery Regiment (Fort Bragg, NC)
Arnold, Calvert Hinton	23.11.1894 Swainsboro, GA - 18.05.1963 GA	2nd Lt. ? [06598] Maj. 01.08.1935 Col. Brig.Gen. 13.02.1945 (retd 31.10.1949)	Education: ?       Signal Corps (10.1939)     Pacific Sector (Balboa, Canal Zone)
Arnold, William Howard	18.01.1901 Dyersburg, TN - 30.09.1976 Lake, IL	2nd Lt. ? [015558] Capt. 01.08.1935 Col. Maj.Gen. 07.11.1944 (retd 15.10.1945)	Education: ?       Infantry (10.1939)     29th Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, GA)
Arnold, William Richard	10.06.1881 Wooster, OH - 07.01.1965 NYC ?	2nd Lt. ? [04366] Col. 23.12.1937 Maj.Gen. 11.1944	Education: ?       Chaplain's Department (10.1939)     Chief of Chaplains (Washington, DC)
Aronson, Richard William "Dick" Son of Holgar William Aronson, and Helen Tellegen Aronson. Married (1949?) Joyce Stoddard, of Connecticut; one son, three daughters.	04.08.1916 St Paul, MN - 14.10.1997 Archuleta, CO	2nd Lt. AUS 1811.1942 [039073] 1st Lt. AUS ? 1st Lt. RA 04.09.1946, date of rank 04.08.1944 Capt. (1949) Maj. RA 21.07.1954 Lt.Col. AUS 14.06.1957 BSM ? 2 x	Education: Officers Advanced Course, Transportation Corps School (1948); Command and General Staff College (1955); University of Maryland (BS; 1958). 01.05.1942 - 17.11.1942 enlisted service 18.11.1942     commissioned       served 24th Infantry (Pacific) 04.09.1946     1st Lt. Quartermaster Corps 31.07.1950     transferred, Transportation Corps
Arrowsmith, John Caraway Son of Dick Evans and Gertrude (Rhodes) Arrowsmith. Married Nellie Marie Brown (23.11.1919).	04.06.1894 Reno, NV - 01.06.1985 Asheville, NC	2nd Lt. ? [011373] Capt. 04.12.1933 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 25.06.1943 (retd 31.05.1953)	Education: ?       Corps of Engineers (10.1939)     Office Divisional Engineer (Kansas City, MO)
Augur, Wayland Bixby	05.03.1894 Detroit, MI - 04.02.1982 Monterey, CA	2nd Lt. ? [06659] Maj. 01.08.1935 Col. ? (retd 31.07.1953) Brig.Gen. 02.12.1942 (reverted to Col. 02.1946) BSM ? ? CR ? ?	Education: University of California (BS, 1916); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS (1932-15.06.1934) 08.1917 commissioned in the Cavalry 1929 - 1932 Instructor, Cavalry School 1935 - 1939 Instructor, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS (10.1939) 11th Cavalry Regiment (Presidio of Monterey, CA) 07.1942 - 12.1942 Chief of staff of 88th Infantry Division 12.1942 - 04.1944 Commanding general of 56th Cavalry Brigade 04.1944 - ? Commanding Officer, Combat Command B, 13th Armored Division (29.01.1945) 29.04.1945 - - 14.04.1945 02.1946? Commanding Officer, Combat Command A, 13th Armored Division
Aurand, Henry Spiese Son of Peter and Anna (Spiese) Aurand. Married first Margaret John Decker (13.07.1916); 2 sons. Married second Elizabeth Steele (02.02.1935).	21.04.1894 Tamaqua, PA - 18.06.1980 Laguna Hills, CA [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 1915 [03784] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. 01.04.1936 Col. ? Brig.Gen. 01.1942 Maj.Gen. 09.1942 Lt.Gen. 22.01.1948 (retd 31.08.1952) DSM ? 3 x BSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1911-1915; grad. # 5332); Command and General Staff School (1928); Army War College (1931); Army Industrial College (1940) 1915 commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps, later transferred to the  Ordnance Department 1915 - 1940 variety of military assignments 1941 Defense Aid Director of the War Department 1942     Chief of the International Division, Army Service Forces 1942     Secretary of the Combined Production Board 1942 - 1944 Commanding General, 6th Service Command (Chicago, IL) 1944 Assistant Chief Ordnance Officer, European Theater of Operations and Communications Zone 1944 Commanding General, Normandy Base Section, Communications Zone, ETOUSA 1945 Commanding General, Services of Supply, China Theater of Operations 1946   Commanding General, 6th Service Command (Chicago, IL) 1946 Commanding General, Africa-Middle East Theater of Operations 1946 - 1947 Director of Research & Development, War Department 1947 - 1949 Director of Logistics, Department of the Army 1949 - 31.08.1952 Commanding General, US Army Pacific
Avery, Ray Longfellow	15.07.1884 Manchester, NH - 09.06.1965 Washington, DC	2nd Lt. 1908 [02361] 1st Lt. ? Capt. ? Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. 01.01.1937 Brig.Gen. 25.10.1940 (retd 31.07.1946; disability) DSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1908; grad. # 4686); Command and General Staff School (1932); Army Industrial College (1935); Army War College (1936) 1908 commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps, later transferred to the Ordnance Department, and still later to the Chemical Warfare Service 1912 - 1915 Instructor, US Military Academy, West Point WW I duty with 2nd Division, AEF (incl. St. Mihiel campaign) 1919 - 1921 Instructor, US Military Academy, West Point (10.)1939 - 1946 Commander, Edgewood Arsenal, MD
Ayres, Leonard Porter Son of Milan Church and Georgiana (Gall) Ayres.	15.09.1879 Niantic, CT - 29.10.1946 ?	2nd Lt. ? [?] Col. ? Brig.Gen. 07.1941 (retd 06.1942) DSM ? ?	Education: Boston University (1902 BA, 1909 MA, 1910 PhD) WW I commissioned Colonel as Chief Statistical Officer of the US Army returned to various endeavours in Cleveland between the wars 10.1940 - 06.1942 recalled to active service: 10.1940 - ? Coordinator of Statistics, Office of the Undersecretary of War ? - 06.1942 duty with the Services of Supply Author of numerous books on economics between 1905 and 1939.