Gruenther, Alfred, GEN

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
General
Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
Last Primary MOS
2010-Chief of Staff
Primary Unit
1953-1956, 0002, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Service Years
1918 - 1956
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Field Artillery
General
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Nebraska
Nebraska
 Year of Birth
1899
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Platte Center
Date of Passing
May 30, 1983		  
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia

 Official Badges 

Army Staff Identification US Army Retired (Pre-2007)


 Unofficial Badges 

Artillery Shoulder Cord


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1983, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Served as president of the American Red Cross from 1957 - 1964.

Youngest 4 - star general in US Army history.
   
   1945-1945, 0002, US Forces Austria (USFA)

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Austria
  
 
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US Forces Austria (USFA)
Collins, Harry, MG, (1917-1954) USA 0002 Major General
Flory, Lester, BG, (1918-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Ladue, Laurence Knight, BG, (1924-1951) USA 0002 Brigadier General
McMahon, William, MG, (1917-1949) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Tate, Ralph, BG, (1917-1947) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Haynes, Loyal, BG, (1917-1954) AG 2162 Colonel
Howard, Edwin, BG, (1923-1954) MI 9301 Colonel
Howard, Edwin, BG, (1923-1954) MI 9301 Colonel
Koch, Oscar, BG, (1916-1954) MI 9300 Colonel
Rudd, Hughes D,, 1LT, (1941-1946) TC 61204 First Lieutenant
Vetter, Robert, SGT, (1945-1946) IN 745 Sergeant
Diemer, Edward Louis, T/4, (1942-1945) IN 745 Technician Fourth Grade
Kini, Joseph, SFC, (1946-1971) AG 55 Technician Fourth Grade
Clark, Mark Wayne, GEN, (1917-1953) General
Hume, Edgar Erskine, MG, (1917-1951) Brigadier General
Anderson, Harold Everett, PFC, (1945-1947) Private First Class
7616th US Forces Austria Command (USFA)
Linden, Henning, BG, (1917-1952) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Smith, Harold, MAJ, (1942-1955) MI 9668 Captain
Taynton, Lewis Clark, COL, (1939-1965) Major

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