Bryan, Blackshear, LTG

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Lieutenant General
Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer
Last MOS Group
General Officer
Primary Unit
1957-1960, 0002, First Army (1st Army)
Service Years
1922 - 1960
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Field Artillery
Lieutenant General
Four Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Louisiana
Louisiana
Year of Birth
1900
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Alexandria
Last Address
Silver Spring, MD
Date of Passing
Mar 02, 1977
 
Location of Interment
U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York

 Official Badges 

Army Staff Identification US Army Retired (Pre-2007)


 Unofficial Badges 

Military Police Artillery Shoulder Cord Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1977, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

He was in charge of all Japanese Internment Camps and German POW Camps in CONUS during World War Two.

Served as the US Army's first permanent Provost Marshal General. He turned the Office of the Provost Marshal into a post - war organization with charge over US Army military investigations, the Military Police and the US Army MP School.  

From 1960 - 1965, he served as the first president of the Nassau Community College in Long Island, NY.

   

   1942-1948, 9100, Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG)

Major General
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February / 1942
To Month/Year
- / 1948
Unit
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Rank
Major General
MOS
9100-Provost Marshal
Base, Fort or City
Pentagon
State/Country
District Of Columbia
 
 
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Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG)
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Support
 
Parent Unit
Department of the Army (DA)
Strength
Unit
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Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Nov 1, 2018
   
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Other Memories
Chief, POW Divison; later Provost Marshal General of the US Army

   
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3 Members Also There at Same Time
Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG)

Lerch, Archer Lynn, MG, (1917-1947) MP 9100 Major General
Parker, Edwin P, MG, (1912-1953) MP 9100 Major General
Lerch, Archer Lynn, MG, (1917-1947) MP 9110 Brigadier General
Gullion, Allen Wyant, MG, (1905-1944) Major General

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