Gillespie, Alexander, BG

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Brigadier General
Last Service Branch
Ordnance Corps
Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer
Last MOS Group
General Officer
Primary Unit
1945-1946, 0002, United States Department of War
Service Years
1906 - 1946
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Ordnance Corps
Brigadier General
Two Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Michigan
Michigan
 Year of Birth
1881
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Argentine
Date of Passing
Jan 17, 1956		  
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia

 Official Badges 

Army Staff Identification Wound Chevron (1917-1932) US Army Retired (Pre-2007)


 Unofficial Badges 

Artillery Shoulder Cord Ordnance Shoulder Cord Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1956, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

Commissioned in June 1906 in th Field Artillery.



Transferred to Ordnance Corps August 1920.



Had over 40 years of commissiond service.



 
   
   1937-1940, United States Department of War

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United States Department of War 		The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.
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SF Cooper, Mark E, MAJ 47
   

Last Updated: Aug 6, 2016
   
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McFarland, Earl, BG, (1906-1943) OD Colonel
Minton, Hugh, BG, (1916-1946) OD Colonel
Ramsey, Norman, BG, (1898-1945) OD 4011 Colonel
Simpson, Bethel, BG, (1911-1946) OD Colonel
Larned, William, BG, (1911-1948) OD Lieutenant Colonel
Lewis, Burton, BG, (1910-1947) OD 4011 Lieutenant Colonel
Marshall, George Catlett, GA, (1902-1959) USA 0002 General of the Army
Beck, Robert, MG, (1901-1939) AG 2162 Major General
Birnie, Upton, MG, (1900-1938) USA 0002 Major General
Boschen, Frederick, MG, (1898-1940) IM 2025 Major General
Croft, Edward, MG, (1898-1937) USA 0002 Major General
Danford, Robert, MG, (1904-1942) IM 2025 Major General
Gasser, Lorenzo, MG, (1898-1945) AG 2260 Major General
Gibbins, Henry, MG, (1898-1940) USA 0002 Major General
Green, Joseph, MG, (1906-1946) USA 0002 Major General
Herr, John, MG, (1902-1942) USA 0002 Major General
Lynch, George, MG, (1903-1941) IM 2025 Major General
Moore, Richard C, MG, (1903-1945) QM 1984 Major General
Sunderland, Archibald, MG, (1900-1940) USA 0002 Major General
Twaddle, Harry, MG, (1912-1948) USA 0002 Major General
Ulio, James, MG, (1900-1946) AG 2110 Major General
Wesson, Charles, MG, (1900-1945) USA 0002 Major General
Bricker, Edwin, BG, (1898-1943) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Burnett, Charles, BG, (1901-1939) IM 2025 Brigadier General
Hughes, Everett, MG, (1909-1949) IM 2025 Brigadier General
Hughes, John, MG, (1897-1945) AG 2162 Brigadier General
Kutz, Harry, BG, (1911-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Lewis, Burton, BG, (1910-1947) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Loughry, Howard, MG, (1898-1945) FI 6302 Brigadier General
McKinley, Edward, BG, (1917-1948) FI 6100 Brigadier General
McNeil, Edwin, BG, (1907-1947) JA 8103 Brigadier General
McSherry, Frank, BG, (1917-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Meade, Frank, BG, (1917-1947) SC 0205 Brigadier General
Russell, Carl, BG, (1914-1947) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Schulz, John, BG, (1908-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Somers, Richard, BG, (1907-1942) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Spalding, George, BG, (1901-1945) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Spalding, Sidney, MG, (1912-1951) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Sturdevant, Clarence, MG, (1908-1946) EN 7010 Brigadier General
Thompson, Charles, MG, (1904-1945) Brigadier General
Tyner, George, BG, (1898-1940) LO 2625 Brigadier General
Tyner, George, BG, (1898-1940) AG 2162 Brigadier General
Warfield, Augustus, BG, (1898-1944) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Allen, Leven, MG, (1916-1951) IM 2025 Colonel
Anderson, John, MG, (1914-1946) AG 2260 Colonel
Bissell, John, BG, (1917-1946) MI 9301 Colonel
Bratton, Rufus, COL, (1914-1952) MI 9601 Colonel
Chamberlin, Stephen, LTG, (1912-1951) IM 2025 Colonel
Dusenbury, Carlisle, COL, (1916-1950) MI 9300 Colonel
Feldman, Herman, MG, (1907-1951) LO 2625 Colonel
French, Edward, COL, (1917-1951) SC 0210 Colonel
Gerow, Lee, BG, (1916-1949) IN 11A Colonel
Grogan, Stanley, COL, (1917-1951) AG 5503 Colonel
Haislip, Wade Hampton, GEN, (1912-1951) Colonel
Helmick, Charles, MG, (1913-1952) FI 2801 Colonel
Helmick, Charles, MG, (1913-1952) FI 2801 Colonel
Henning, Frank, BG, (1920-1954) QM 1984 Colonel
Hodes, Henry, GEN, (1920-1959) AG 2162 Colonel

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