Date of birth:

November 24th, 1894 (Richmond/Virginia, United States)

Date of death:

June 13th, 1977 (Arlington/Virginia, United States)

Buried on:

Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 30. Grave: 887-2.

Service number:

04812

Nationality:

American

Promotions:
November 28th, 1916: 2nd Lieutenant;
1917: 1st Lieutenant;
August 5th, 1917: temporary Captain;
?: Major;
March 1942: Brigadier General;
August 1942: Major General;
January 1st, 1953: Lieutenant General.

Career:
? - 1914: Virginia Military Institute;
January 1st, 1917 - April 1st, 1917: Course Provisional Officers, Army School, Fort Leavenworth;
April 1st, 1917 - June 1st, 1917: 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division;
June 1st, 1917 - August 25th, 1917: Commanding Officer Company "L" / Battalion Adjutant 1st Battalion, 49th Infantry Reigment;
August 25th, 1917: Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry Regiment;
1917 - 1919: Assistant Regimental Operations Officer 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division;
1920 - 1922: Instructor Infantry School, Fort Benning, Geogia;
? - 1931: Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth;
1931 - 1933: Instructor Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth;
? - 1935: Army War College, Washington Barracks, Washington, D.C.;
1935 - 1940: Professor of Military Science / Commanding Officer West Point;
1940 - 1941: War Department General Staff, Washington D.C.;
1941: Assistant Commandant Infantry School, Fort Benning;
1942: Puerto Rican Department;
November 1942 - September 22nd, 1945: Commanding Officr 100th Infantry Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina;
September 22nd, 1945 - 1946: Commanding Officer VI Corps;
?: Inspector General European Command (EURCOM);
May 1947: Commanding Officer U.S. Constabulary, West Germany;
1949: Intelligence Director EURCOM;
1949 - 1951: Commanding General Infantry School;
1951 - 1953: Commanding Officer VII Corps;
1953 - November 1954: Commanding Officer First United States Army, Fort Jay, New York;
November 1954: Reitrement.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major General

Unit:

Commanding General, HQ, 100th Infantry Division "Century", U.S. Army

Awarded on:

1945

Received for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War II.

War Department, General Orders No. 86 (1945).

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major General

Unit:

Commanding General, HQ, 100th Infantry Division "Century", U.S. Army

Citation unavailable.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major General

Unit:

Commanding General, HQ, 100th Infantry Division "Century", U.S. Army

This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award. Citation unavailable.

• - BOSTON, B., History of the 398th Infantry Regiment in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, United States, 1982.
  - The 100th Infantry Division
  - arlingtoncemetery.net
  

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