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Holmes, Henry, Jr., BG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
Date of Passing Dec 19, 1976
Location of Interment Stonewall Jackson Cemetery - Lexington, Virginia
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Last Known Activity:
Commissioned in Nov 1916 as 2LT of Coast Artillery.
Retired in 1947.
MOS 2025-Chief Or Director, Major Departmental Unit (O-6 Only)
Base, Fort or City Not Specified
State/Country District Of Columbia
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United States Department of War Details
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.