Officers of the US Army 1939-1945 -- D

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).
Dates: day-month-year, so 10.08.1909 is August 10, 1909. Abbreviations and explanations can be found at the help page.
Abbreviations for the American States are:
AL, Alabama AK, Alaska AR, Arkansas AZ, Arizona CA, California CO, Colorado CT, Connecticut DE, Delaware DC, District of Columbia FL, Florida GA, Georgia HI, Hawaii IA, Iowa ID, Idaho IL, Illinois IN, Indiana KS, Kansas KY, Kentucky LA, Louisiana MA, Massachusetts MD, Maryland ME, Maine MI, Michigan MN, Minnesota MO, Missouri MS, Mississippi MT, Montana NC, North Carolina ND, North Dakota NE, Nebraska NH, New Hampshire NJ, New Jersey NM, New Mexico NY, New York NV, Nevada OH, Ohio OK, Oklahoma OR, Oregon PA, Pennsylvania RI, Rhode Island SC, South Carolina SD, South Dakota TN, Tennesee TX, Texas UT, Utah VA, Virginia VT, Vermont WA, Washington WI, Wisconsin WV, West Virginia WY, Wyoming

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Dager,
Holmes Ely
H.E. Dager 23.06.1893
Asbury Park, NJ
-
24.07.1973
San Francisco, CA
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt. (non-federal)
17.12.1912-19.10.1914,
09.10.1916-24.03.1917

2nd Lt. (NJ NG)
19.06.1916-08.10.1916,
25.03.1917-22.06.1917

Maj. (USA)
30.10.1918, seniority 24.10.1918 (hon. disch. 11.03.1920)

2nd Lt.
23.06.1917, seniority 03.06.1917 [05013]

1st Lt.
03.06.1917

T/Capt.
05.08.1917-29.10.1918

Capt.
09.01.1920

Maj.
01.10.1930

Lt.Col.
15.08.1939

Brig.Gen.
06.1942

Maj.Gen.
03.05.1945 (retd 31.10.1947; disabilty)

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DSM
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SSM
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2x

LM
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BSM
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3x

Education: Infantry School Company Officers' Course (1925); Infantry School Advanced Course (1929); Command and General Staff School (Ft Leavenworth) (1931); Army War College (1936)

1912

commissioned in the infantry, New Jersey National Guard (served Mexican Border, 1916)

1917

commissioned, Regular Army

1918
-
1919
with the 51st Infantry, AEF (including Meuse-Argonne offensive)

1920
-
1924
Professor of military science and tactics, Clason Point (NY) Military Academy

1936
-
1940
instructor, Command and General Staff School (Ft Leavenworth)

1940
-
1941
with the 18th Infantry Regiment

1941
-
1941
Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, First Army

1941
-
09.1941
Commander, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, 2nd Armored Division

09.1941
-
early 1942
Commanding General, Combat Command "B", 8th Armored Division

early 1942
-
03.1945
Commanding General, Combat Command "B", 4th Armored Division

21.03.1945
-
02.1946
Commanding General, 11th Armored Division

12.1946
-
03.1947
Commanding General, US Army Forces Austria

Private papers held at Unites Sates Army, Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (MHI).

Dailey,
Leander Alexander
L.A. Dailey 08.06.1911
NY
-
12.02.1997
Baltimore, MD

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Maj.
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1945?
-
1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):

11.02.1945
-
1945
Adjutant General

Daley,
Edmund Leo
E.l. Daley 01.11.1883
Worcester, MA
-
19.12.1968
New York, NY
[West Point Post Cemetery, NY]

2nd Lt.
1906 [O2118]

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Brig.Gen.
10.1938

Maj.Gen.
25.09.1940 (retd 30.09.1942)

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SSM
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Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1906)

1906

commissioned in the Corps of Engineers

1939
-
1941
Deputy Commander, Puerto Rico Department

17.03.1941
-
09.01.1942
Commanding General, V Army Corps (Camp Beauregard, LA)

Daley,
John Phillips
J.P. Daley
17.07.1910
Washington, DC
-
21.07.1963
Albany, NY

2nd Lt.
11.06.1931 [O18358]

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Lt.Gen.
1961

LM (2 OLC), CR
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1931; grad. # 9051)

11.06.1931

commissioned in the infantry

1944
-
1946
Staff Officer, European Theater of Operations

10.1958
-
10.1960
Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)

Darby,
William Orlando
"Bill"
W.O. Darby

Article

Darby Foundation
09.02.1911
Ft Smith, AR
-
30.04.1945
Italy
(KIA by artillery)

2nd Lt.
13.06.1933 [O19133]

1st Lt.
13.06.1936

Capt.
01.10.1940

Maj.
1942?

Lt.Col.
?

Col.
?

Brig.Gen. (posth.)
30.04.1945 [accepted 15.05.1945]

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2 x

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LM
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PH
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3 x

DSO
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Combat Infantry Badge
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1929-13.06.1933; # 9762)

13.06.1933

commissioned, field artillery

1933
-
?
1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery of the 1st Cavalry Division (Ft Bliss)

10.1939
-
08.1940
80th Field Artillery (Ft Lewis, WA)

1941

amphibious training assignment (Puerto Rico & North Carolina)

1941?

aide to Maj. General Russell P. Hartle (CG 34th Infantry Division) (US, Northern Ireland)

1941
-
1942
battery commander, 99th Field Artillery

19.06.1942
-
1944
Commanding Officer, 1st Ranger Battalion (Northern Ireland, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio)

1944
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1944
Commanding Officer, 179th Regimental Combat Team, 45th Infantry Division

04.1944
-
03.1945
Operations Division, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)

04.1945
-
30.04.1945
Assistant Division Commander, 10th Mountain Division (northern Italy)

Literature: Michael J. King, William Orlando Darby : a military biography (1981)

Dawley,
Ernest Joseph
E.J. Dawley 17.02.1886
Antigo, WI
-
08.09.1973
Fort Ord, CA

2nd Lt.
06.1910 [O2843]

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Brig.Gen.
01.10.1940 (retd 30.09.1947; disability)

Maj.Gen. (T)
29.09.1941 (reverted to Col. 09.1943?)

Maj.Gen. (retd)
1948

DSM
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SSM
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PH
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2 x

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-06.1910; grad. # 4876)

06.1910

commissioned in the field artillery

1939
-
1940
Commanding Officer, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment

10.1940
-
07.1941
Artillery Commander, 7th Division

09.1941
-
04.1942
Commanding General, 40th Infantry Division

17.04.1942
-
19.09.1943
Commanding General, VI Corps (US; N Africa; Italy)

03.1944
-
03.1945
Commanding General, Tank Destroyer Center

1945

Commanding General, Ground Force Reinforcement Command in the European Theater of Operations

Deane,
John Russell
J.R. Deane
18.03.1896
San Francisco, CA
-
14.07.1982
Charleston, SC

2nd Lt.
26.10.1917 (accepted 14.11.1917) [O9759]

1st Lt. (temp)
12.02.1918

1st Lt.
09.08.1919

Capt.
10.07.1921 (discharged as Capt. 18.11.1922)

1st Lt.
18.11.1922

Capt.
02.02.1928

Maj.
01.07.1937

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Maj.Gen.
21.09.1943 (retd 30.09.1946)

DSM
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LM
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Education: University of California; Infantry School, Company Officers' course (1928) & Advanced course (1932); Command and General Staff School (1936)

05.10.1917
-
13.11.1917
Private & Sergeant, 72nd Company, 166th Depot Brigade

26.10.1917

commissioned, Infantry

1920
-
1923
served in Panama

(01.1931)

29th Infantry (Fort Benning, GA)

1932
-
1934
served with the 15th Infantry in Tientsin

(10.1939)

Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

1941
-
1943
Secretary of the War Department General Staff, Combined Chiefs of Staff

1943
-
1945
Commander of the US Military Mission in Moscow

President of the Italian Swiss Colony Wine Company for several years. Chairman of the Board, California Grape Products Corp. Member & Secretary, ACS, California Division.
Published: The strange alliance : the story of our efforts at wartime co-operation with Russia (1947)

Devers,
Jacob Loucks
"Jake"
J.L. Devers

08.09.1887
York, PA
-
17.10.1979
Washington, DC
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
06.1909 [O2599]

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Col.
1936

Brig.Gen.
05.1940

Maj.Gen. (T)
10.1940

Lt.Gen. (T)
09.1942

Gen. (T)
29.05.1945 (retd 30.09.1949)

DSM
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4 x

BSM
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Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-06.1909)

06.1909

commissioned in the artillery

1939
-
1940
Chief of Staff, Panama Canal Department

10.1940
-
07.1941
Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division (Fort Bragg, NC)

07.1941
-
05.1943
Commanding General, Armored Force (Fort Knox, KY)

05.1943
-
01.1944
Commander of the European Theater of Operations, US Army

01.1944
-
10.1944
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Mediterranean Theater of Operations

10.1944
-
06.1945
Commanding General, 6th Army Group (Southern France, Central Europe)

06.1945
-
09.1949
Chief of Army Ground Forces [03.1948 resdesignated: Chief of Army Field Forces]

De Witt,
John Lesesne
J.L. De Witt
09.01.1880
Fort Sidney, NE
-
20.06.1962
Washington, DC
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
1898 [O742]

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Maj.Gen.
12.1936

Lt.Gen. (T)
12.1939 (retd Maj.Gen. 06.1947)

Gen. (retd)
07.1954

DSM
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DSM
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Education: Princeton University

1898

commissioned in the infantry

07.1937
-
12.1939
Commandant, Army War College (Washington, DC)

05.12.1939
-
09.1943
Commanding General, Fourth Army & IX Corps Area [from 03.1941 Western Defense Command] (San Francisco, CA)

09.1943
-
11.1945
Commandant, Army and Navy Staff College (Washington, DC)

11.1945
-
04.1947
attached to the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army

Dick,
Grace E
G.E. Dick ?
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2nd Lt. AUS
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Maj. AUS
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served in the Army of the United States (AUS) [temporary commision]:

(1945)

Chief Nurse, 42nd General Hospital (Japan)

Drum,
Hugh Aloysius
H.A. Drum
19.09.1879
Fort Brady, MI
-
03.10.1951
New York, NY
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
09.09.1898 [O89]

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Maj.Gen.
01.12.1931

Lt.Gen.
05.08.1939 (retd 30.09.1943)

DSM
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Education: Army School of the Line (1911); Army Staff College (1912); Boston College (AB, 1921), etc.

09.09.1898

commissioned in the infantry (12th Infantry)

1935
-
1937
Commander, Hawaiian Department (Honolulu)

1937
-
1938
Commanding General, Second US Army & VI Corps Area (Chicago, IL)

05.11.1938
-
11.1940
Commanding General, First Army & II Corps Area (Governors Island, NY)

11.1940
-
30.09.1943
Commanding General, First Army & Eastern Defense Command

President of the Empire State Building in New York City, 1944-1951.

Drysdale,
Walter Scott
W.S. Drydale
Son of William McGrath Drysdale and Henrietta Frazer.

03.09.1880
Murree, India [baptized at
Rawalpindi, India]
-
14.05.1946
VA
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
15.06.1904 [O1939]

1st Lt.
11.03.1911

Capt.
01.07.1916

Maj. (temp)
05.08.1917-06.06.1919

Lt.Col. USA
04.06.1919 [accepted 09.06.1917; hon. discharge 30.06.1920]

Maj.
01.07.1920

Lt.Col.
07.08.1928

Col.
01.08.1935 (retd 1942; remained on active duty) (retd 1945; disability)

BSM
1945?
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SSM
1898/99
Philippines

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (01.08.1900-15.06.1904; grad. # 4283); Infantry School Advanced Course (...-1923); Command and General Staff School (1924-19.06.1925); Army War College (...-1936)

29.04.1898
-
28.10.1899
Corporal, Company H, 20th Kansas Infantry (Spabish War veteran)

15.06.1904

commissioned in the infantry

expedition against the Moros (1905), Cuban Pacification (1907-1909)

1914
-
1916
tactical department, US Military Academy (West Point)

1917
-
1921
military attaché, China

1926
-
1929
Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)

(01.1931)

15th Infantry Regiment (American Barracks, Tientsin, China)

1932
-
1935
military attaché, China

(1937)

CO 4th Infantry Regiment (Ft George Wright)

21.04.1938
-
(10.1939)
Organized Reserves, Fifth Corps Area Service Command (Fort Hayes, OH)

06.1940
-
08.1940
Chief of Staff, V Army Corps

1942?
-
1945?
China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

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