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.

1898-1902, United States Military Academy, West Point

FromYear 1898	ToYear 1902
College United States Military Academy, West Point
Major Military Science

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Last Updated:Nov 3, 2012

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101 Also There at This College:

Adair, Henry Rodney, 1LT, (1904-1916)

Allin, George, BG, (1904-1942)

Andrews, Frank Maxwell, LTG, (1902-1943)

Ansell, Samuel, BG, (1899-1919)

Baer, Joseph, BG, (1900-1944)

Beck, Robert, MG, (1901-1939)

Benchley, Edmund Nathaniel, 2LT, (1894-1898)

Benedict, Jay, MG, (1898-1946)

Birnie, Upton, MG, (1900-1938)

Boyd, Carl, COL, (1903-1919)

Bricker, Edwin, BG, (1898-1943)

Bryden, William, MG, (1904-1946)

Bunker, Paul Delmont, COL, (1903-1943)

Bunnell, George Woodbury, COL, (1917-1919)

Burleson, Richard, COL, (1906-1942)

Burnett, Charles, BG, (1901-1939)

Chaffee, Adna Romanza, MG, (1906-1941)

Cole, William E, MG, (1898-1944)

Conner, Fox, MG, (1898-1938)

Cook, Fred Alden, MAJ, (1906-1918)

Craig, Malin, GEN, (1898-1945)

Cross, Matthew, COL, (1908-1943)

Currie, Dennis, BG, (1901-1922)

Daley, Edmund, MG, (1906-1942)

Danford, Robert, MG, (1904-1942)

Davis, Robert, MG, (1898-1927)

DeArmond, Edward, BG, (1901-1928)

Embick, Stanley, LTG, (1899-1946)

Ennis, William, BG, (1901-1941)

Fredendall, Lloyd Ralston, LTG, (1907-1946)

Gardner, Fulton, MG, (1904-1946)

Gillespie, Alexander, BG, (1906-1946)

Grant, Ulysses S., MG, (1903-1946)

Grant, Walter, MG, (1900-1946)

Green, Joseph, MG, (1906-1946)

Gruber, Edmund, BG, (1904-1941)

Gullion, Allen Wyant, MG, (1905-1944)

Heintzelman, Stuart, MG, (1899-1935)

Henry, Guy, MG, (1898-1947)

Herron, Charles Douglas, GEN, (1899-1946)

Hoyle, Rene, MG, (1906-1945)

Humphrey, Evan Harris, BG, (1899-1939)

Humphreys, Frederick Erastus, BG, (1906-1939)

Hunt, Irvin Leland, COL, (1895-1933)

Hunter, George, BG, (1904-1944)

Kromer, Leon, MG, (1899-1938)

Kunzig, Louis, BG, (1905-1944)

Lahm, Frank Purdy, BG, (1901-1941)

Lane, Arthur, BG, (1905-1945)

Lewis, Robert, MG, (1905-1946)

Loughry, Howard, MG, (1898-1945)

Lynch, George, MG, (1903-1941)

MacArthur, Douglas, GA, (1903-1964)

McCain, William, BG, (1902-1942)

McFarland, Earl, BG, (1906-1943)

McNair, Lesley James, GEN, (1904-1944)

Miles, Sherman, MG, (1905-1946)

Miller, Troup, BG, (1902-1945)

Moore, Richard C, MG, (1903-1945)

Oliver, Llewellyn William, COL, (1895-1944)

Olmstead, Dawson, MG, (1906-1944)

Paine, George, BG, (1906-1946)

Parker, Cortlandt, MG, (1906-1946)

Pennell, Ralph, MG, (1906-1946)

Phillipson, Irving, MG, (1904-1944)

Pike, Emory Jenison, LTC, (1901-1918)

Prosser, Walter, MG, (1905-1945)

Quekemeyer, John George, COL, (1906-1926)

Ramsey, Norman, BG, (1898-1945)

Richardson, Robert C, GEN, (1904-1946)

Ridley, Clarence, MG, (1905-1947)

Robins, Thomas, MG, (1904-1945)

Robinson, Donald, BG, (1898-1943)

Schley, Julian, MG, (1903-1945)

Scott, Charles, MG

Selfridge, Thomas Etholen, 1LT, (1899-1908)

Shannon, James Andrew, LTC, (1902-1918)

Shinkle, Edward, BG, (1901-1942)

Simonds, George, MG, (1899-1938)

Smith, Walter D., BG, (1901-1946)

Spalding, George, BG, (1901-1945)

Stewart, Gilbert, BG, (1902-1942)

Stilwell, Joseph Warren, GEN, (1904-1946)

Stone, David, MG, (1898-1940)

Strong, George, MG, (1904-1945)

Sunderland, Archibald, MG, (1900-1940)

Swift, Innis, MG, (1904-1946)

Talbot, Ralph, BG, (1905-1946)

Thompson, Charles, MG, (1904-1945)

Titus, Calvin, LTC, (1897-1939)

Trott, Clement, MG, (1899-1941)

Truman, Ralph Emerson, MG, (1902-1945)

Tyler, Max, BG, (1903-1945)

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, GEN, (1906-1947)

Watson, Edwin "Pa", MG, (1908-1945)

Watson, Edwin Martin, MG, (1908-1945)

Wesson, Charles, MG, (1900-1945)

Wilby, Francis, MG, (1905-1946)

Williford, Forrest, BG, (1906-1944)

Wilson, Walter K, MG, (1902-1944)

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Andrews, Frank Maxwell, Lt Gen, (1902 - 1943)

Andrews, Frank, Lt Gen, (1906 - 1943)

Fryer, Eli Thompson, BGen, (1900 - 1934)

Harllee, William C., BGen USMC(Ret), (1900 - 1935)

Harllee, William (Bo), BGen, (1900 - 1935)

Hensley, William Nicholas, Jr., Col, (1901 - 1929)

Humphreys, Frederick Erastus, Maj, (1902 - 1939)

Lahm, Frank Purdy, Brig Gen, (1901 - 1941)

Park, Joseph Dodge, Capt, (1904 - 1913)

Selfridge, Thomas Etholen, 1st Lt, (1899 - 1908)

Westover, Oscar M., Maj Gen, (1901 - 1938)

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