Herr, John, MG

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Major General
Last Service Branch
Cavalry
Primary Unit
1938-1942, 0002, United States Department of War
Service Years
1902 - 1942
Cavalry
Major General
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
New Jersey
New Jersey
 Year of Birth
1878
 
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Home Town
White House
Date of Passing
Mar 12, 1955		  
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 3 Site 4441LH

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  1955, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


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MG Herr was the last US Chief of Cavalry - serving from Mar 1938 through Feb 1942.

He was a fierce advocate of traditional horse cavalry troops even on the brink of World War 2.
   
   1928-1932, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College
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McCabe, Edward, COL, (1900-1946) IM 6 Colonel
Smith, Walter D., BG, (1901-1946) FA Colonel
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Steele, Harry, MG, (1895-1936) IM 6 Colonel
Van Voorhis, Daniel, LTG, (1898-1942) Colonel
Allen, Terry De La Mesa, MG, (1912-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Bonesteel, Charles H, MG, (1908-1947) Lieutenant Colonel
Bryden, William, MG, (1904-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Bull, Harold, LTG, (1914-1952) Lieutenant Colonel
Crittenberger, Willis Dale, LTG, (1913-1952) Lieutenant Colonel
Danford, Robert, MG, (1904-1942) Lieutenant Colonel
Devers, Jacob Loucks, GEN, (1909-1949) Lieutenant Colonel
Gardner, Fulton, MG, (1904-1946) IM 6 Lieutenant Colonel
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Haislip, Wade Hampton, GEN, (1912-1951) Lieutenant Colonel
Hunter, George, BG, (1904-1944) IM 2520 Lieutenant Colonel
Joyce, Kenyon, MG, (1898-1943) Lieutenant Colonel
Kennedy, John, BG, (1908-1946) FA Lieutenant Colonel
Kunzig, Louis, BG, (1905-1944) IN Lieutenant Colonel
Lang, John, BG, (1907-1946) IM 6 Lieutenant Colonel
Lee, John C.H., LTG, (1909-1947) Lieutenant Colonel
Lynch, George, MG, (1903-1941) IM 6 Lieutenant Colonel
Magruder, John, BG, (1910-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
McAfee, Larry, BG, (1910-1946) MD Lieutenant Colonel
McCain, William, BG, (1902-1942) QM Lieutenant Colonel
McNair, Lesley James, GEN, (1904-1944) Lieutenant Colonel
McQuillin, Raymond E, BG, (1912-1948) CV Lieutenant Colonel
Middleton, Troy, LTG, (1910-1945) Lieutenant Colonel
Miller, Troup, BG, (1902-1945) CV Lieutenant Colonel
Morris, William H.H., LTG, (1911-1952) Lieutenant Colonel
Parker, Ralph, COL, (1898-1944) CV Lieutenant Colonel
Peabody, Paul, MG, (1917-1950) IN Lieutenant Colonel
Peterson, Virgil Lee, MG, (1908-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Scott, Charles, MG Lieutenant Colonel
Simpson, William Hood, GEN, (1909-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Walker, Fred, MG, (1911-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Wilson, William, MG, (1901-1941) IM 6 Lieutenant Colonel
Witsell, Edward, MG, (1911-1951) Lieutenant Colonel
Woodruff, Roscoe Barnett, MG, (1915-1953) Lieutenant Colonel
Anderson, John, MG, (1914-1946) IM 6 Major
Barnes, Julian, MG, (1912-1947) Major
Brown, Albert Eger, MG, (1912-1949) IM 6 Major
Cheadle, Henry, BG, (1913-1951) IM 6 Major
Cook, Gilbert, MG, (1912-1948) Major
Davis, John Fuller, BG, (1915-1952) Major
Doe, Jens Anderson, MG, (1914-1949) Major
Evans, Vernon, MG, (1915-1953) Major
Fuller, Horace Hayes, MG, (1909-1946) IM 6 Major
Gillespie, Alexander, BG, (1906-1946) OD Major
Graham, Roy, BG, (1917-1952) QM Major
Hall, Charles, LTG, (1911-1948) Major
Hartle, Russell (Scrappy), MG, (1910-1946) Major
Hayes, Philip, MG, (1909-1946) FA 13A Major
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