Bamvakais, John Robert, Sr., BG

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Brigadier General
Last Service Branch
US
Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer
Last MOS Group
General Officer
Primary Unit
1963-1981, 1331, HHC, 35th Engineer Brigade
Service Years
1943 - 1981
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Certificate Of Achievement
Certificate Of Appreciation
Cold War Certificate
Letter of Appreciation
Presidential Certificate of Appreciation
US
Brigadier General
Two Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
 Year of Birth
1926
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
McKeesport		 Last Address
St. Louis, MO
Date of Passing
Feb 07, 1999		  
Location of Interment
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (VA) - St. Louis, Missouri		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section K, Row 0, Site 1368

 Official Badges 

Infantry Shoulder Cord Honorably Discharged WW II Army National Guard Retired


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS)National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1981, National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) - Assoc. Page
  1999, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

BG Bamvakais enlisted on 17 July 1943, and was discharged on 30 January 1946, as a Sergeant, after serving in the 11th Airborne Division in World War II.

Upon his return to Missouri, he joined the Missouri National Guard.

He served as a civilian police officer from 1954-1957, when he was shot in the line of duty during a robbery in St. Louis, MO.

BG Bamvakais served for 38 years in the Army & National Guard before retiring on 1 September 1981.

His Son, John Robert Bamvakais, Jr. was Killed in Action in Vietnam.

 
   
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   1943-1945, 745, 11th Airborne Division

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Wilkes, Philip James, M/SGT, (1943-1951) IN 745 Master Sergeant
Kisamore, Melvin E., S/SGT, (1944-1946) IN 745 Staff Sergeant
Wolfe, Robert Eugene, M/SGT, (1942-1952) IN 745 Corporal
Dullea, Joseph, PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Dullea, Joseph, PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Dullea, Joseph, PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Dullea, Joseph, PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Perez, Manuel, PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private First Class
Tyre, Odeen, PFC, (1944-1946) IN 745 Private First Class
Beck, TJ, PVT, (1941-1945) IN 745 Private
Dullea, Joseph, PFC, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private
Gruwell, Robert Roy, PVT, (1942-1945) IN 745 Private
Pase, Dennis Owens, PVT, (1943-1945) IN 745 Private
Dailey, Fred J, SFC, (1944-1950) IN 1745 Sergeant First Class
Wightman, James McCrory, M/SGT, (1941-1951) IN 604 Sergeant First Class
Brooks (Baum), Martin E., SGT, (1943-1945) IN 11B40 Sergeant
Bosse, Walter, MSG, (1942-1966) IN 746 Corporal
Hood, Claudis, T/5, (1943-1945) IN 605 Technician Fifth Grade
Liebe, Walter, PFC, (1942-1946) IN 521 Private First Class
Pierson, Albert, MG, (1918-1959) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Soule, Robert, MG, (1918-1952) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Barfield, Forrest, CPT, (1944-1944) IN 1542 Captain
Kannelly, Walter Edward, 1LT, (1941-1945) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
McCarthy, Joseph Edward, BG, (1945-1975) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Strite, Joseph, T/SGT, (1943-1946) MD AAF 658 Technical Sergeant
Hetherington, Robert James, SGT, (1940-1945) UN 00E Sergeant
Arbuckle, George D., Cpl, (1943-1945) UN 00E Corporal
Lucas, Ira Jackson, Cpl, (1943-1946) AR 610 Corporal
Delmar (Sgariglio), John, PFC, (1942-1945) IM 590 Private
Morin, Eugene, PFC, (1945-1949) TC 345 Private First Class
Siedenburg, Joe Raymond, PFC, (1943-1945) MD 657 Private First Class
Herritz, Milton, PVT, (1945-1948) QM 60 Private
Farrell, Francis William, LTG, (1920-1960) 2010 Colonel
Baker, Theodore Roosevelt, 1ST SGT, (1941-1945) IN First Sergeant
Herrera, Victor E., S/SGT, (1944-1946) IN Staff Sergeant
Weber, William, COL, (1943-1980) AMP First Lieutenant
Clarelli, Jerry, Cpl, (1945-1947) AAF Corporal
Webster, Fredrick Daniel, Cpl Corporal
Williams, Theodore, SSG, (1943-1967) Private First Class
King, John, PVT, (1945-1951) Private
Swing, Joseph May, LTG, (1915-1954) Major General
Dorn, Frank, BG, (1923-1953) Brigadier General
McLaughlin, Arthur, 1LT, (1941-1944) First Lieutenant
Bradley, Bernard, S/SGT, (1941-1945) Staff Sergeant
Serling, Rodman, T/4, (1943-1946) Technician Fourth Grade
Slager, Andrew H., Cpl, (1943-1945) Corporal
Swan, Harry Anthony, PFC, (1943-1946) Private First Class

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