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Last Rank
Brigadier General
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Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
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Last Primary MOS
00GC-Commanding General
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Last MOS Group
General Officer
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Primary Unit
1941-1945, 00GC, Provisional Field Artillery Brigade
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Service Years
1908 - 1946
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Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1885 |
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LTC Bob Thompson
to remember
Kennedy, John, BG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
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Home Town Hendersonville |
Last Address Not Specified |
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Date of Passing Sep 26, 1969 |
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Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 7; #7007 |
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Last Known Activity Commissioned as 2LT of Cavalry, June 1908.
Awarded Medal of Honor in 1909 for heroic actions in the Philippines.
Transferred to Field Artillery, Jan 1917.
Retired Jan 1946.
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Other Comments: Not Specified
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1908-1910, 6th US Cavalry
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1914-1915, US Army Cavalry School
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1917-1919, 1193, 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment
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1923-1924, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Course
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1931-1932, Army War College (Staff)
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1932-1936, Office of the Inspector General, US Army Inspector General Agency (USAIGA)
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1936-1938, 1193, 2nd Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery Regiment
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1938-1940, US Army Field Artillery Center and School (Staff)
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1940-1941, 1193, Division Artillery (DIVARTY) 8th Infantry Division
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1941-1945, 00GC, Provisional Field Artillery Brigade
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