Officers of the US Army 1939-1945 -- K

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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Karfgin,
Walter
18.08.1910
-
04.1984
Baltimore, MD

2nd Lt. AUS
?

...
...

Lt.Col. AUS
?

served in the Army of the United States (AUS) [temporary commision]:

(1945)

Executive Officer, 42nd General Hospital (Japan)

Kean,
William Benjamin
09.07.1897
Buffalo, NY
-
10.03.1981
Altamonte Springs, FL

2nd Lt.
01.11.1918 [O12470]

...
...

Brig.Gen.
04.1943

Maj.Gen.
?

Lt.Gen.
31.07.1952 (retd 30.09.1954)

DSM
?
3 x

SSM
?
?

LM
?
2 x

DFC
?
?

BSM
?
?

AM
?
4 x

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-01.11.1918; grad. # 6508)

01.11.1918

commissioned in the infantry

1939
-
1942
in the Office of the Chief of Infantry

03.1942
-
09.1942
duty with the Replacement School Command

?
-
?
Chief of Staff, 28th Infantry Division

1943
-
1943
Chief of Staff, II Corps

1943
-
1947
Chief of Staff, First Army

02.10.1947
-
30.06.1948
Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division

08.1948
-
02.1951
Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Korean war)

1951
-
1952
Commanding General, III Corps

17.07.1952
-
20.09.1954
Commanding General, Fifth Army

Keerans Jr,
Charles Leslie

Son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. (Florence Alexander) Keerans. Married to Margaret Johnson Keerans, Omaha, NE; one son.
14.01.1899
Charlotte, NC
-
11.07.1943
Sicily
[Tablets of the Missing at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy]

2nd Lt.
? [O012504]

1st Lt.
21.07.1924

Capt.
08.01.1935

Brig.Gen.
07.02.1943

PH
?
?

Education: North Carolina College of Engineering and Virginia Military Institute (VMI) (Lexington, VA) (...-1920); US Military Academy (West Point) (class of 1919; # 6513); Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth) (1938)

1920

commissioned in the Infantry

1938
-
1941
Instructor, 24th Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, GA)

1941
-
1942
Supply Officer for Headquarters Company, Airborne Command (Fort Bragg)

1942
-
1943
Chief of Staff, 101st Airborne Division (Sicily)

15.04.1943
-
11.07.1943
Assistant Division Commander, 82nd Airborne Division (killed on an air mission over Sicily)

Key,
William Schaffer
Son of Callie R. and Hadassah (Fargason) Key. Married Irene Genevieve Davis (05.05.1914); two sons, one daughter.
06.10.1889
Dudleyville, AL
-
05.01.1959
Oklahoma City, OK

2nd Lt.
1910 [0103045]

Capt.
(1916)

Maj.
?

Lt.Col.
(1919?)

Col.
?

Brig.Gen.
08.1928

A/Maj.Gen.
04.1937

Maj.Gen.
11.06.1940 (retd 31.10.1949)

DSM
?
?

DSM
?
?

LM

BSM
?
?

CR
?
Commendation Ribbon

MBE?

Order of the Bath (UK)

Knight Commander, Order of Falcon {Icelandic), Distinguished Service Medal (Oklahoma).
Education: High School, Opelika, Ala.; Oklahoma City University (1951; LL.B.)

1907
-
1910
enlisted service

1910

commissioned in the Georgia National Guard

1911

began in hardware business, Wewoka

1916
-
1917
Captain, Company G, First Oklahoma Infantry (Mexican border)

1918
-
1919
Colonel, 7th Division, Allied Expeditionary Force (17 months overseas)

1924
-
1927
Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

1926

President, Wardens Association of the United States

1927

moved to Oklahoma City and since engaged in oil business

1928
-
1932
Chairman, Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board

1935 Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

1935
-
1937

Oklahoma Natural Gas Company Works Progress Adminstrator for Okiahoma

1938

Candidate for Government of Okiahoma

09.1940
-
08.1946
activated:

09.1940
-
10.1942
Commanding General, 45th Infantry Division

10.01.1942
-
19.05.1942
also Commanding General, V Army Corps (advanced detachment overseas)

10.1942
-
06.1943
Provost Marshal General, European Theater of Operations (London)

06.1943
-
12.1944
Commanding General, US Forces Iceland

12.1944
-
08.1946
Chief, US Military Control Commission Hungary

President Key Building Corporation; Director MutuaI Savings & Loan Association. Civilian aide to Secretary of the Army in Oklahoma. Trustee, Oklahoma City University. President, Oklahoma Historical Society, Masonic Foundation; member Supreme Council Scottish Rite. Member American Legion, Democrat. Baptist. Mason (33ff).

Keyes,
Geoffrey

30.10.1888
Fort Bayard, NM
-
17.09.1967
Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC
[US Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, NY]

2nd Lt.
12.06.1913 [O3561]

...
...

Brig.Gen.
01.1942

Maj.Gen.
06.1942

Lt.Gen.
26.04.1945 (retd 31.10.1950)

DSM
?
3 x

SSM
?
2 x

LM
?
?

BSM
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1913; grad. # 5150)

12.06.1913

commissioned in the cavalry

1940
-
1942
Chief of Staff, 2nd Armored Division (Fort Benning, GA)

1942
-
1942
Commander Combat Command, 3rd Armored Division (Camp Polk, LA)

06.1942
-
09.1942
Commanding General, 9th Armored Division (Fort Riley, KS)

1942
-
1943
Deputy Commander, I Armored Corps (North Africa)

07.1943

Deputy Commander, Seventh Army (Sicily)

19.09.1943
-
(05.)1945
Commanding General, II Corps (Sicily, Italy, Austria)

1945
-
1946
Commanding General, Seventh Army

04.1946
-
09.01.1947
Commanding General, Third Army

17.05.1947
-
19.09.1950
Commanding General & High Commissioner for US Forces in Austria

Kilgore,
John Ogden
13.06.1903
IL
-
11.12.1956
Tokyo, Japan

2nd Lt.
14.06.1927

...
? (resigned 1929)

Col. (T)
?

Maj.
1946 (re-appointed)

LM
?
?

BSM
?
2 x

CR
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-14.06.1927; grad. # 8192)

14.06.1927

commissioned in the infantry

1942

on active duty

1944
-
?
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1, VIII Corps (NW Europe)

?
-
?
Chief of Staff, 100th Infantry Division

?
-
1946
Chief of Staff, 1st Armored Division

1951

National War College

1951
-
1954
Office ot the Secretary of Defense

1954
-
1955
staff & faculty, National War College

1955
-
11.12.1956
Chief of Staff, Korean Military Advisory Group

King,
George A
?
?
-
?
?

2nd Lt.
? [O5530]

...
...

Col.
?

Education:

? commissioned in the cavalry

(1944) Quartermaster, VIII Corps

Knuebel,
John H
?
?
-
?
?

2nd Lt.
? [O5117]

...
...

Col.
?

Education: Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1932-15.06.1934)

?

commissioned in the infantry

(10.1939)

10th Infantry Regiment (Fort Thomas, KY)

11.1941
-
06.1942
Chief of Staff, V Army Corps

Krueger,
Walter

20.01.1881
Flatow, West Prussia
-
20.08.1967
Valley Forge, PA
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
1901 [O1531]

...
...

Brig.Gen. (T)
10.1938

Maj.Gen. (T)
02.1939

Lt.Gen. (T)
05.1941

Gen. (T)
03.1945 (reverted to Lt.Gen. 01.1946) (retd 07.1946)

Gen. (retd)
07.1946

DSC
?
?

DSM
?
4 x

Education: ?

1901
commissioned in the infantry (30th Infantry)

06.1938
-
02.1939
Commander, 6th Infantry Brigade (Fort George Meade, MD)

02.1939
-
10.1940
Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division (Fort Sam Houston, TX)

10.1940
-
05.1941
Commanding General, VIII Corps

16.05.1941
-
02.02.1943
Commanding General, Third Army (Fort Sam Houston, TX)

16.02.1943
-
28.01.1946
Commanding General, Sixth Army (New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Luzon, Leyte)

Published: From Down Under to Nippon : the story of the Sixth Army in World War II (1953)

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