Gerow, Leonard Townsend
- Date of birth:
- July 13th, 1888 (Petersburg/Virginia, United States)
- Date of death:
- October 12th, 1972 (Petersburg/Virginia, United States)
- Buried on:
- Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 4. Grave: 5634. - Service number:
- 0-3151
- Nationality:
- American
Biography
General Leonard Gerow was the commander-in-chief of the V Corps; the largest element of the European Theater of Operations (ETO).
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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Unit:
- Sales and Disbursing Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- 1922
War Department, General Orders No. 49
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Awarded on:
- September 27th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Awarded on:
- 1944
War Department, General Orders No. 64
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, V Corps, First Army, U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Headquarters, 1st Army, General Orders No. 13
Orden Suvorova 2
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant General
- Awarded on:
- 1947
War Department, General Orders No. 65
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant General
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Colonel
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Croix de Guerre 1914–1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Grand Officier du l'Ordre de la Couronne de Chêne
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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