Arms, Thomas Seelye, BG

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1945-1956, 0002, Replacement and School Command

Service Years
1916 - 1946

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Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1893

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Home Town Claveland	Last Address Easton, MD
Date of Passing Mar 09, 1970

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Thomas Seelye Arms
(1893-1970)
Born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 22, 1893. B.S. from VMI in 1915.

Commissioned in the Infantry in 1916. Served in Tientsin, China 1921 - 1922. Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1931. Instructor at the Infantry School 1931-1935 and Ohio National Guard 1935-1940.

Commanding Officer of 159th Infantry December 1941-October 1942. Instructor in India, then China November 1941-February 1945. Brigadier General in April 1943. Commanding General of Replacement and Training Command in 1945.

Retired in September 1946. Decorations included the Legion of Merit. Died on September 30, 1970.

1941-1942, 1542, HHC, 2nd Battalion, 159th Infantry

From Month/Year December / 1941	To Month/Year October / 1942
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Rank Colonel	MOS 1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	HHC, 2nd Battalion, 159th Infantry Details

	Type Infantry
	Parent Unit 2nd Battalion, 159th Infantry	Strength ARNG Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 16, 2018

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