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Thiele, Claude Martin (US Brigadier-General)

Date of birth:
September 25th, 1888 (Danville/Kentucky, United States)
Date of death:
October 25th, 1976 (Polk/Florida, United States)
Buried on:
Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 30. Grave: 1862.
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
01.08.1935: Lieutenant-Colonel
16.10.1940: Colonel (Army of the United States)
01.12.1940: Colonel
07.04.1941: Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
31.01.1946: termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Career:
09.08.1936-06.09.1938: Post Commander Fort MacArthur, California
29.08.1936-06.09.1938: Commanding Officer 63rd Coast Artillery Regiment
01.08.1940-10.02.1941: Commanding Officer 77th Coast Artillery Regiment
20.02.1941-00.06.1942: Commanding Officer 34th Coast Artillery Brigade
00.06.1944-00.08.1944: Chief Anti-Aircraft Officer Army Service Forces, US European Theater of Operations
00.08.1944-00.04.1944: Anti-Aircraft Officer 12th Army Group
00.09.1948: Retired

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier General
Unit:
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Awarded on:
October 8th, 1945

Royal decree no.31
Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.3)

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