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US Army Officers
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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A      
Aaron,
Thomas Roswell

T.R. Aaron
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)
Commendation Ribbon 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

E. Abbey (Portrait from: www.earlyaviators.com)
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

O.B. Abbott
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)
Legion of Merit (US) 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

W. Abbott
?
?
-
?
?
2nd Lt.
?
1st Lt.
?
Capt.
(09.1942)
Education: ?
(09.1942)     G-2, Eisenhower's Staff
Abbott,
Ward Terry

W.T. Abbott
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)
Legion of Merit (US) 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

J.D. Abell
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)
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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

J.A. Abercrombie
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)
Commendation Ribbon 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

C.R. Abraham
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
C.W. Abrams Jr.


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)
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (US) DDSM
?
?
Distinguished Service Cross (US) DSC
?
2 x
DSM
?
4 x
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Silver Star (US) SSM
?
2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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
A.J. Adams
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
?
?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Silver Star (US) SS
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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
C.M. Adams
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)
Legion of Merit (US) 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

C.S. Adams
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)
Legion of Merit (US) 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

E.S. Adams
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

P. De W. Adams
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
C.L. Adcock
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
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (UK) CBE
?
?
Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
?
?
Croix de Guerre avec palmes (France) 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
J.O. Adler

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)
Distinguished Service Cross (US) DSC
?
action St. Juvin (France) 14.10.18
Silver Star (US) SS
?
?
Purple Heart (US) PH
?
?
Légion d'Honneur (France)
LegH
?
?
Croix de Guerre avec palmes (France)
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
L.J. Ahern
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
S.B. Akin
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
C.C. Alexander
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
G.M. Alexander

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)
Purple Heart (US) 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
R.G. A;exander
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
?
?
Legion of Merit (US) 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
J.R. Alfonte
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)
Legion of Merit (US) 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
J.D. Alger
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)
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
2 x
Purple Heart (US) PH
?
?
DSM
?
2 x
Commendation Ribbon 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
F.A. Allen Jt.

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)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
?
Silver Star (US) SS
?
3 x
Distinguished Flying Cross (US) DFC
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
2 x
Purple Heart (US) 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
H.C. Allen
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
L.C. Allen
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
R.R. Allen
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)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
2 x
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
?
Silver Star (US) SS
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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"
T. de la M. Allen






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)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
2 x
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
?
Silver Star (US) SSM
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
?
Purple Heart (US) 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
W.R. Allen
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
G.R. Allin
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)
Legion of Merit (US) 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
E.M. Almond
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)
Distinguished Service Cross (US) DSC
?
?
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
?
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
?
Silver Star (US) SS
?
?
Silver Star (US) SS
?
?
Distinguished Flying Cross (US) DFC
?
?
Distinguished Flying Cross (US) DFC
?
?
Distinguished Flying Cross (US) DFC
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
?

AM
?
16 x
Commendation Ribbon CR
?
3x (Commendation Ribbon)
Purple Heart (US) 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
E.M. Almond Jr.
07.12.1921
AL
-
19.03.1945
Wattweiler, Germany
(KIA) [age 23]
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 2]
2nd Lt.
? [?]
Capt.
(1945)
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSMv
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
?
Combat Infantryman Badge (US) Cl ?
?
Purple Heart (US) PH
?
?
Purple Heart (US) 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

E.H. Almquist Jr

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
K.G. Althaus
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
J.B. Anderson
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
?
?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
?
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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
J.W. Anderson
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
J.G. Anding
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)
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
?
Commendation Ribbon 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
C. Andrus

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)
Distinguished Service Cross (US) DSC
?
?
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
?
Silver Star (US) SS
?
2 x
Legion of Merit (US) LM
?
2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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
C.M. Ankcorn
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
J.A. Appleton
24.12.1891
New York, NY
-
05.12.1966
?
2nd Lt.
? [?]
Col.

Brig.Gen.
13.11.1944 (retd ?)
Education: ?
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
Arms,
Thomas Seelye
T.S. Arms
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
C.H. Armstrong

 

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
D. Armstrong
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
A.V. Arnold
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
C.H. Arnold
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
W.H. Arnold
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
W.R. Arnold
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"
R.W. Aronson
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
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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
J.C. Arrowsmith
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
W.B. Augur
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)
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
?
?
Commendation Ribbon 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
H.S. Aurand
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)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
?
3 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) 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
R.L. Avery
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)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) 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
L.P. Ayres
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)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) 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.
       

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