Willard G. Wyman
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Willard G. Wyman | |
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| Battles/wars | World War I World War II Korean War |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal (3) Silver Star Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal |
Continental Army Command
from 1956 to 1958.
Military career
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Wyman was born in
Fort Gordon and the United States Army Command and General Staff College. He later served as an instructor at the U.S. Army Cavalry School and on the General Staff of the War Department
.
During
China-Burma-India Theater of Operations. From 1942 to 1943 Deputy Chief of Staff Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) before being assigned as Assistant Division Commander (ADC) of the 1st Infantry Division, which took part in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, and the subsequent Battle of Normandy that followed. He took command of the 71st Infantry Division
from late 1944 to 1945.
During the
Commander-in-Chief
United States Continental Command. He retired from the army in 1958.
Death and burial
Wyman died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 1969, aged 71, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[2] His wife Ethel Megginson Wyman (1896–1986) is buried next to him.[3]
Awards and decorations
Wyman's awards and decorations include the
Army Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star Medal
with "V" device.
References
- ^ Cullum, George Washington (1920). Robinson, Wirt (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. VI-B: 1910–1920. Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy. p. 2096. Retrieved December 20, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Gen. Willard Wyman, Native of Augusta, Dies in D.C." Portland Press Herald. March 30, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burial Detail: Wyman, Willard D – ANC Explorer
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