Styer, Wilhelm Delp

Date of birth:: July 22nd, 1893 (Salt Lake City/Utah, United States)
Date of death:: February 26th, 1975 (Coronado/California, United States)
Buried on:: Arlington National Cemetery
Service number:: 0-4415
Nationality:: American

Biography

Wilhelm Delp Styer was born on July 22nd, 1893 as the son to Henry D. Styer and Bessie Styer-Wilkes. He maaried on September 23rd, 1918 with Dorothea Haeberle. The couple had a son.

Promotions:
June 13th, 1916: 2nd Lieutenant;
?: 1st Lieutenant;
May 15th, 1917: temporary Captain;
May 13th, 1918: temporary Major;
February 16th, 1920: Captain;
February 10th, 1921: Major;
November 4th, 1922: Captain (reverted);
?: Major;
June 1st, 1937: Lieutenant Colonel;
April 8th, 1941: Colonel;
March 10th, 1942: Brigadier General;
August 8th, 1942: Major General;
November 7th, 1944: Lieutenant General.

Career:
June 14th, 1912: United States Military Academy, West Point;
June 13th, 1916: United States Army Corps of Engineers;
July 1916: Assistant Instructor, New Jersey National Guard;
September 21st, 1916: Engineer Depot, Columbus;
October 5th, 1916: 2nd Regiment of Engineers;
November 1917: General Staff College, Langres, France;
?: Instructor, General Staff College, Langres, France;
June 1918: Observer, British, 19th (Western) Division;
?: Staff, 3rd Division;
July 1918: Operations Officer, 2nd Division/III. Corps;
1918: Officer Chief of Engineers, Washington;
March 1919: U.S. Army Engineer School;
June 1920: Massachusetts National Guard, Cambridge;
June 1921: Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
June 1922: Officer of the Chief of Engineers, Washington;
October 5th, 1925: Executive Officer / Assistant District Engineer, New York Engineer District;
June 16th, 1926: District Engineer, New York Engineer District;
December 11th, 1928: Engineer Europe, American Battle Monuments Commission;
September 16th, 1931: District Engineer, Pittsburgh Engineer District;
May 19th, 1936: Assistant Engineer, Maintenance Panama Canal;
September 4th, 1939: Army Industrial College;
August 3rd, 1940: Commanding Officer, 8th Engineer Squadron;
November 24th, 1940: Executive Officer, Engineer Replacement Center;
December 12th, 1940: Deputy Commander, Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps;
March 9th, 1942: Chief of Staff, Service of Supply;
August 13th, 1943: Deputy Commanding General, Army Service Forces;
May 1945: Commanding General, Army Forces, Western Pacific;
April 29th, 1947: Retirement.

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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant General
Unit:: Deputy Chief, Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

Citation:
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Deputy Chief of Construction Division, Officer of the Quartermaster-General from 1941 to 1942."

War Department, General Orders No. 36 (1945)

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant General
Unit:: Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Service Forces, U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

Citation:
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Chief of Staff, Army Services Forces, from 1942 to 1945."

War Department, General Orders No. 36 (1945)
Second ADSM awarded inthe form of a bronze oak leaf cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first ADSM.