Henry Benton Sayler

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Henry Benton Sayler
European Theater of Operations United States Army
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
Awards
Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
(2)

Henry Benton Sayler

European Theater of Operations
.

Early military career

At West Point in 1915

Henry Benton Sayler was born on November 4, 1893, in

Omar N. Bradley, James Van Fleet, Henry Aurand, Stafford LeRoy Irwin, John W. Leonard or others. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in Coast Artillery Corps on June 12, 1915.[1]

In 1921, he was transferred to the Ordnance Corps and subsequently served on various military posts across United States. Between 1931 and 1937, Sayler served as a member of the Cavalry Board. Sayler also attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1931.[2]

In 1937, he was appointed a chief of General Supply Division in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance and served in this capacity until the end of next year, when he was assigned to the 4th Corps Area as its ordnance officer. Then he was appointed an ordnance officer of the First Army under the command of Lieutenant General Hugh Aloysius Drum.[3]

World War II

With the United States entry into

European Theater of Operations United States Army. In this capacity, Eisenhower tasked him to plan, assemble, and execute the ordnance support for the North African invasion.[4]

During

Levin H. Campbell, Jr.

For his service during the War, Sayler was decorated with the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit and with two Bronze Star Medals.[6]

After the war, he was given a position as a chief at the

Ordnance Department. Sayler retired from the army with the rank of major general in 1949. Sayler died on May 7, 1970, at the age of 76 in Savannah, Georgia. He is buried together with his wife Jessie Sayler at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia
.

Decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Major General Henry B. Sayler:

Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
1st Row Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit
Oak Leaf Cluster
2nd Row World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
with four Service Stars
3rd Row
World War II Victory Medal
 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Officer of the Legion of Honor (France
)
French Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with Palm

References

  1. ^ "Sayler, Henry B. papers" (PDF). Eisenhower Archives.gov. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biography of Major General Henry Benton Sayler (1893 - 1970), USA". generals.dk. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  3. ^ "Biography of Major General Henry Benton Sayler (1893 - 1970), USA". generals.dk. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Major General Henry B. Sayler - Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame Inductee 1984, U.S.Army Ordnance Corps". goordnance.army.mil. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "Major General Henry B. Sayler - Ordnance Corps Hall of Fame Inductee 1984, U.S.Army Ordnance Corps". goordnance.army.mil. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  6. Military Times
    . Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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