Guy S. Meloy Jr.

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Guy S. Meloy Jr.
Army Commendation Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Spouse(s)
Therese Susan Graves
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(m. 1960)​

General Guy Stanley Meloy Jr. (September 4, 1903 – December 14, 1968) was a U.S. Army general, World War II and Korean War veteran, and served as commander of all U.S. forces in Korea during the Cold War.

Early life and education

At West Point in 1927

Meloy was born in Lanham, Maryland on September 4, 1903. After graduating from McKinley Technology High School in Washington D.C., he was appointed to the United States Military Academy. He graduated from West Point in 1927 with a Bachelor of Science degree and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry.[1]

Career

One of his early assignments was with the first

Fort Bragg, North Carolina
.

1940s

From 1946 to 1948 he was

professor of military science and tactics at Texas A&M University
. He next served as commander of the 19th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division at Camp Chickamauga in Beppu, Kyushu, Japan.

1950s

He deployed to the Korean War, where he was seriously wounded in action while serving as the Commanding Officer,

Fort Benning, and the 1st Infantry Division in Europe, where he oversaw the unit's redeployment to Fort Riley. He was the Chief of Public Information at the Department of the Army and later commanded Fourth United States Army at Fort Sam Houston in 1958 and then served as the commander of VII Corps
in Europe.

1960s

He received his fourth star in 1961 and became the commander-in-chief of the

Eighth United States Army and commanding general of the Seventh United States Army, headquartered at Stuttgart in West Germany
.

Personal life

On November 16, 1960 he married Therese Susan Graves, (née Fischer) from San Antonio, Texas.[3]

Later life and death

He retired at the age of 60 in 1963, and died on December 14, 1968.[4] He is buried with his first wife Catherine, who preceded him in death in 1959, in Arlington National Cemetery.[5]

In retirement, he served as mayor of Terrell Hills, Texas, and was active in the San Antonio chapter of the Association of the United States Army, which established a scholarship in his name in 1970. His son, Guy S. Meloy III, retired from the U.S. Army as a major general.[6]

Awards

Meloy's awards included the

Army Commendation Medal[2]

Notes
  1. ^ Cullum, George Washington (1930). Donaldson, William H. (ed.). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890. Vol. VII: 1920–1930. Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy. p. 2071. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Guy Meloy - Recipient -".
  3. Columbus Ledger
    . November 17, 1960. p. 19. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Retired Army General Guy S. Meloy Jr Dies in San Antonio". The Kilgore News Herals. December 15, 1968. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Meloy, Guy S". ANC Explorer. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "Austin Chapter of The Military Officers Association of America". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
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