Peter C. Hains III

Peter C. Hains III
Peter C. Hains III
	Army Commendation Medal; Purple Heart
Relations	Peter Hains (father); Thornton Jenkins Hains (uncle); Peter Conover Hains (grandfather);

Peter Conover Hains III (May 11, 1901 – July 3, 1998) was an

modern pentathlon.^[1] Hains graduated from West Point in 1924, where he ranked 162nd out of 405 in his class.^[2] Hains' family had a long legacy of military service, with his great grandfather, grandfather, and uncle all serving as high-ranking military officers.^[2] Hains' father Peter Hains was involved in an infamous murder scandal in New York City in 1909.^[3]

General Hains served as commander of the First Armored Regiment in North Africa during the war. He was also armored adviser for the European invasion and then was assigned to the Pacific to help plan an invasion of Japan.

After the war, he was assigned to Washington as deputy director of the office of the secretary of defense. General Hains was later deputy commanding general of the Second Army, chief of the military assistance advisory group in Yugoslavia, chief of staff of the Fourth Army and chief of the military advisory group in Thailand.

His honors included a

Army Commendation Medal.^[4]

He died at

Fort Belvoir, Virginia on July 3, 1998, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Peter Hains Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Special Collections: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, 1930, Vol 7" (PDF). United States Military Academy Library. 1930. pp. 1855–1856. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
^ Appel, Jacob M. (August 10, 2008). "Murder at the Regatta". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Burial Detail: Hains, Peter Conover". ANC Explorer.
^ "Peter C. Hains III, former Pentagon official". The Indianapolis Star. Washington. Associated Press. July 11, 1998. p. 22. Retrieved December 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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[sports-reference-1] "Peter Hains Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2012.

[register-2] "Special Collections: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, 1930, Vol 7" (PDF). United States Military Academy Library. 1930. pp. 1855–1856. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

[3] Appel, Jacob M. (August 10, 2008). "Murder at the Regatta". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2009.

[ANC-4] "Burial Detail: Hains, Peter Conover". ANC Explorer.

[5] "Peter C. Hains III, former Pentagon official". The Indianapolis Star. Washington. Associated Press. July 11, 1998. p. 22. Retrieved December 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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