Rockenbach, Samuel, BG

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Cavalry

Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1919-1932, 0002, US Army Armor Center and School (Cadre) Fort Knox, KY

Service Years
1891 - 1933

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Personal Details

Home State

Virginia

Year of Birth
1869

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Contact Info

Home Town Lynchburg
Date of Passing May 16, 1952

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Last Known Activity:

Considered the "Father of the US Army Tank Corps".
Commander of the AEF Tank Corps during WWI in France.
Commanding General of the Tank School at Camp Meade, MD, 1919 - 1932.

1911-1912, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College

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11 Members Also There at Same Time

Department of Command (Staff) Army War College

Bundy, Omar, MG, (1883-1925)	IM	6	Lieutenant Colonel
Abernethy, Robert, BG, (1897-1938)	IM	6	Major
Duncan, George, MG, (1886-1925)	IM	6	Major
McAndrew, James, MG, (1888-1922)	IN		Major
Straub, Paul, COL, (1892-1919)			Major
Craig, Malin, GEN, (1898-1945)	IM	2520	Captain
Wotherspoon, William Wallace, MG, (1873-1914)			Brigadier General
Bullard, Robert, LTG, (1885-1925)			Colonel
Dickman, Joseph Theodore, MG, (1883-1922)			Lieutenant Colonel
Liggett, Hunter, LTG, (1879-1921)			Lieutenant Colonel
Connor, William Durward, MG, (1893-1942)			Major