Arnold, William Howard

Date of birth:: January 18th, 1901 (Dyersburg/Tennessee, United States)
Date of death:: September 30th, 1976 (Lake Forest/Illinois, United States)
Buried on:: Fort Sheridan Cemetery
Plot: 13. Row: A. Grave: 7.
Service number:: 0-15558
Nationality:: American

Biography

Promotions:
June 1924: Second Lieutenant
31 January 1941: Major
December 1941: Lieutenant Colonel
4 July 1942: Colonel
19 September 1943: Brigadier General
12 November 1944: Major General
1953: Lieutenant General

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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General
Unit:: Commanding General, HQ, 23rd Infantry Division "Americal Division", U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1946

Major General William Harold Arnold (ASN: 0-15558), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General of the Americal Division from 1944 to 1945.

War Department, General Orders No. 26
- In the function of Commanding General

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Rank:: Lieutenant General
Unit:: Fifth Army, U.S. Army
Awarded on:: February 14th, 1961

The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lieutenant General William Harold Arnold (ASN: 0-15558), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in duties of great responsibility from May 1946 to January 1961, culminating as Commanding General of the FIFTH Army from 1955 to 1961.

Department of the Army, General Orders No. 3
- In the function of Commanding Officer
2nd decoration received as Oak Leaf Cluster

Legion of Merit - US Military

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General
Unit:: XIV Corps, Sixth Army, U.S. Army

Major General William Harold Arnold (ASN: 0-15558), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of Staff, FOURTEENTH Corps, from 1943 to 1944.

In the function of Chief of Staff

Legion of Merit - US Military

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General

Major General William Harold Arnold (ASN: 0-15558), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States during World War II.

Second decoration received as Oak Leaf Cluster.

Silver Star Medal (SSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General
Unit:: Commanding General, HQ, 23rd Infantry Division "Americal Division", U.S. Army

Major General William Harold Arnold (ASN: 0-15558), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in connection with military operations against the enemy while serving as Commanding General, Americal Division, during World War II.

In the function of Commanding General