Wetherill, Richard, COL

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Service Details

Last Rank
Colonel

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1922-1923, 6, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College

Service Years
1898 - 1940

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Wisconsin

Year of Birth
1877

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Casualty Info

Casualty Date Aug 06, 1940
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location District Of Columbia	Conflict World War I

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Unit Assignments

Department of Command (Staff) Army War College


	1898-1898, 1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 1st Wisconsin Brigade
	1899-1901, 20th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
	1901-1902, 1542, HHC, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry
	1918-1918, 1542, 82nd Division
	1922-1923, 6, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1898-1898 Spanish-American War
	1899-1913 Moro Rebellion (Philippines)
	1917-1918 World War I

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

COL Wetherill was SGT Alvin York's Regimental Commander in France during World War One.

COL Wetherill participated in combat operations in Cuba (1898), Philippines (1901), and France (1918).