Parker, Cortlandt, MG

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Major General

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1945, 0002, Western Defense Command

Service Years
1906 - 1946

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Arizona

Year of Birth
1884

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Contact Info

Home Town Fort Apache
Date of Passing Jan 19, 1960

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Commissioned in June 1906 as 2LT of Field Artillery.
Retired Aug 1946.

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments

1st Field Artillery Brigade, 1st Division (Big Red One)

Department of Command (Staff) Army War College

Division Artillery (DIVARTY) 78th Infantry Division

Defense Attache Office (USDAO), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)


	1917-1919, 1193, 6th Field Artillery (155's), 1st Field Artillery Brigade
	1923-1924, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College
	1928-1930, 1193, HHB, 16th Field Artillery
	1930-1931, Division Artillery (DIVARTY) 78th Infantry Division
	1931-1935, 9303, Defense Attache Office (USDAO), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
	1935-1936, 1193, A Battery, 7th Field Artillery
	1939-1941, 1193, 5th Battalion, 19th Artillery
	1941-1943, 0002, 5th Infantry Division
	1943-1945, 0002, Western Defense Command

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1917-1918 World War I
	1919-1919 Occupation of Germany, 1919 to 1923
	1941-1945 WWII - American Theater

Colleges Attended



	1902-1906, United States Military Academy, West Point