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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