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Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. (July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970) was a career officer in the United States Army.One of the few black officers in an era when American society was largely segregated, in 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general, the army's first African American general officer.
In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen. In ...
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on December 18, 1912, the second of three children born to Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Elnora Dickerson Davis. [1] His father was a U.S. Army officer, a lieutenant at that time, stationed in Wyoming with the 9th Cavalry, a segregated African-American regiment.
In 1938, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the regimental commander. He would eventually lead a reorganization that saw the regiment, less the Service Company and 3rd Battalion, converted into the 369th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) on 30 August 1940. [ 40 ]
First African-American flag officer: BG Benjamin O. Davis Sr., U.S. Army [157] [Note 9] First African American to earn a doctorate in library science: Eliza Atkins Gleason, from the University of Chicago [158]
Benjamin O. Davis Sr., First African-American general officer in the U.S. Army. Matthias W. Day (Medal of Honor recipient) John Denny (Medal of Honor recipient) Robert Temple Emmet, Colonel of the regiment and Medal of Honor recipient. LTG Paul E. Funk, Commander of A Troop 1970. Commanded 3rd Armored Division in Desert Storm.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. 1936 General ; Korean War ; commander of the 99th Pursuit Squadron ; commander of the 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing ; Chief of Staff of the Twelfth Air Force and Thirteenth Air Force ; son of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Benjamin Franklin Davis (1832–1863), American Civil War cavalry officer; Benjamin O. Davis Sr. (1877–1970), first African-American general in the U.S. Army, father of Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. (1912–2002), American general, commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen; Bennie L. Davis (1928–2012), U.S. Air Force general