Bryan, Blackshear, LTG

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

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

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

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

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Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	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.

1957-1960, 0002, First Army (1st Army)

From Month/Year July / 1957	To Month/Year February / 1960
Unit First Army (1st Army) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant General	MOS 0002-General Officer
Base, Fort or City Fort Jay, Governors Island	State/Country New York

Patch	First Army (1st Army) Details

	Type Support
	Parent Unit Field Armies and Groups	Strength Command
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Last Updated: Dec 7, 2021

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

First Army (1st Army)

Herren, Thomas, LTG, (1917-1957)	USA	0002	Lieutenant General
Juskalian, George, COL, (1936-1967)	USA	0002	Colonel
Buczkowski, Stanley, SP 4, (1960-1962)	AD	16H10	Specialist 4
Ringers, Roger, SP 4, (1956-1962)	SC	281.1	Private (E-2)
Dyer, Armel, COL, (1932-1962)			Colonel
Miller, John, SP 4, (1958-1960)			Private First Class
Shea, Thomas Collins, SSG, (1956-1967)			Private First Class
Gardner, Norman, PFC, (1960-1963)			Private (E-2)
De Santis, Gerard, SP 4, (1958-1961)			Private (E-1)