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Officer in World War I receiving the Distinguished Service Medal and the Croix de Guerre and was an officer of the Legion of Honor. After the war he became a professor of engineering at West Point and while there revised many of the textbooks for his department. 1903 Douglas MacArthur: General of the Army (USA) Field Marshal (Philippine Army)
Wheeler was a member of the United States Military Academy (West Point) class of 1966 which lost 30 of its members in the Vietnam War. [4]After graduation from West Point, he was a fire control platoon leader at a MIM-14 Nike-Hercules base at Franklin Lakes, New Jersey from 1966 to 1967.
Gus Lee, ex-class of 1966, honorary member of the class of 1970, author of China Boy, Chasing Hepburn; Lucian Truscott IV, class of 1969, journalist and author of Dress Grey; Brian Haig, class of 1975, novelist; James Carafano, class of 1977, author of Winning the Long War; Mark Valley, class of 1987, TV and movie actor
a. ^ Revolutionary War: All figures from the Revolutionary War are rounded estimates. Commonly cited casualty figures provided by the Department of Defense are 4,435 killed and 6,188 wounded, although the original government report that generated these numbers warned that the totals were incomplete and far too low. [ 89 ]
He married Vonda Jones, a graduate of the University of Arkansas on 29 June 1966. [1]: 168 Their daughter Cheryl was born in December 1966 [1]: 223 and their son was born in 1974. [1]: 439 After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1999, he returned to Arkansas.
More than half of the Army leadership during the war was composed of West Point graduates. The Class of 1950, which graduated only two weeks prior to the war's outbreak, suffered some of the heaviest casualties of any 20th century class and became known sourly as "the class the crosses fell on." A total of 157 alumni perished in the conflict. [63]
New cadets march during Reception Day at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., on June 27, 2016. Credit - Drew Angerer—Getty Images If you’re a member of the Society of Black ...
US Army staff judge advocate at West Point (sometimes listed as Kenneth F. Miller Jr.) [10] [172] [173] 1978 James A. Hoffman II: Partner in Hoffman Koenig Hering PLLC, West Point AOG board of directors [10] [174] 1979 John J. Cook III: 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment during the Gulf War, later re-enlisting as a base chaplain [10 ...