William Emmett Ekman graduated from West Point in 1938. On June 14th, 1938 he married Iris M. Welch.
Besides his World War Two related decorations he also received the Army Distinguished Service Medal (June 18th, 1968).
Promotions:
June 14th, 1938: 2nd Lieutenant;
September 9th, 1940: 1st Lieutenant;
?: Lieutenant Colonel;
July 22nd, 1944: Colonel;
May 1st, 1965: Brigadier General;
Career:
? - 1932: Baltimore Polytechnical High School;
1932 - 1934: United States Military Academy Prep School, Camp Smith, Hawaii;
July 1934 - 1938: Military Academy West Point;
?: Company Officer 29th Infantry Regiment;
?: Adjutant 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment;
? - June 1941: Company Commander, 29th Infantry Regiment;
? - August 1941: Parachute School, Fort Benning;
August 1941: Commanding Officer, Company B, 503rd Parachute Infantry Battalion;
?: Adjutant, 504th Parachute Infantry Battalion;
May 1942: Adjutant General, Headquarters Provisional Parachute Group;
?: Adjutant General, Headquarters, The Airborne Command;
August 1942: Executive Officer, 1st Parachute Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning;
October 1942: Executive Officer, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment;
March 21st, 1944 - September 13th, 1947: Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division;
1947: Planner/Airborne Advisor, Army Plans Branch, G3 Division, Department of the Army;
January 1949: Airborne Advisor, Joint Strategic Plans Group, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
June 1951 - June 1952: GI, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg;
1952: Army War College, Carlisle Barracks;
June 1953: GI, VII Corps, Moeringen, Germany;
December 15th, 1954 - July 1956: Commanding Officer, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Bad Toelz, Germany;
July 1956: Director, Army's Airborne-Air Mobility Department, Fort Benning, Georgia;
June 1959: Military Personnel Advisor, Republic of Korea Army, United States Military Assitance Group, Korea;
June 1960: Chief, Military Personnel Management Division, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia;
?: Deputy, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia;
September 1961: Acting Chief of Staff, Personnel, United States Strike Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida;
?: Deputy, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans Directorate, United States Strike Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida;
July 1963: Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, United States Pacific Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
?: Commander-designate, 173rd Airborne Brigade;
September 1965 - April 1967: Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Training Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey;
April 1967: Off-Base Housing Coordinator, Department of Defense;
April 30th, 1968: Retirement;
?: President, St. Armands Association;
?: Disaster Relief Chairman, Sarasota County Red Cross.
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