Peterson, Virgil Lee, MG

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Last Rank
Major General

Last Service Branch
Engineer Corps

Last Primary MOS
9310-Inspector General

Last MOS Group
Adjutant General

Primary Unit
1945-1946, 9310, Army Service Forces

Service Years
1908 - 1946

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Engineer Corps

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Home State

Kentucky

Kentucky

Year of Birth
1882

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Home Town Raywick, KY
Date of Passing Feb 15, 1956
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Sec: 2, Site: 4738 - C

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US Army Retired (Pre-2007)

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	1956, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)

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Last Known Activity:

MG Peterson was the US Army Inspector General throughout World War 2.

He was also the Director of Army Engineer Training during World War 1.

1904-1908, United States Military Academy, West Point

FromYear 1904	ToYear 1908
College United States Military Academy, West Point
Major Engineering

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Last Updated:Nov 29, 2012

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

Arnold, Henry Harley, GA, (1907-1946)

Baade, Paul William, MG, (1911-1946)

Benedict, Jay, MG, (1898-1946)

Bonesteel, Charles H, MG, (1908-1947)

Brown, Albert Eger, MG, (1912-1949)

Bryden, William, MG, (1904-1946)

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, Jr., GEN, (1908-1945)

Burleson, Richard, COL, (1906-1942)

Castle, Benjamin Frederick, COL, (1907-1919)

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

Chamberlin, Harry, BG, (1910-1944)

Chamberlin, Stephen, LTG, (1912-1951)

Christy, William, BG, (1907-1946)

Clay, Frank Butner, MAJ, (1918-1920)

Collins, James Lawton, MG, (1907-1946)

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

Cook, Gilbert, MG, (1912-1948)

Cross, Matthew, COL, (1908-1943)

Daley, Edmund, MG, (1906-1942)

Danford, Robert, MG, (1904-1942)

Dawley, Ernst, MG, (1910-1947)

Devers, Jacob Loucks, GEN, (1909-1949)

Eichelberger, Robert Lawrence, GEN, (1909-1948)

Faymonville, Philip, BG, (1912-1948)

Flint, Harry Albert, COL, (1907-1944)

Fuller, Horace Hayes, MG, (1909-1946)

Gardner, Fulton, MG, (1904-1946)

Gilbreath, Frederick, MG, (1911-1946)

Gillespie, Alexander, BG, (1906-1946)

Green, Joseph, MG, (1906-1946)

Griswold, Oscar Woolverton, LTG, (1910-1947)

Groninger, Homer, MG, (1908-1946)

Gruber, Edmund, BG, (1904-1941)

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

Haislip, Wade Hampton, GEN, (1912-1951)

Hall, Charles, LTG, (1911-1948)

Harding, Edwin Forrest, MG, (1909-1946)

Harmon, Millard Fillmore, LTG, (1912-1945)

Hayes, Philip, MG, (1909-1946)

Hazelhurst, Leighton Wilson, 1LT, (1908-1912)

Heard, Jack, MG, (1910-1946)

Hester, John, MG, (1908-1946)

Hickam, Horace Meek, COL, (1908-1934)

Hobson, William, BG, (1912-1946)

Hodges, Courtney Hicks, GEN, (1906-1949)

Homer, John, MG, (1911-1950)

Hoyle, Rene, MG, (1906-1945)

Hughes, Everett, MG, (1909-1949)

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

Hunter, George, BG, (1904-1944)

Johnson, James, BG, (1912-1948)

Jones, Byron Quinby, COL, (1912-1944)

Kennedy, John, BG, (1908-1946)

Kimball, Allen, BG, (1911-1946)

Kunzig, Louis, BG, (1905-1944)

Kutz, Harry, BG, (1911-1946)

Ladd, Jesse, BG, (1911-1947)

Lane, Arthur, BG, (1905-1945)

Lang, John, BG, (1907-1946)

Larned, William, BG, (1911-1948)

Lawrence, Thompson, MG, (1907-1946)

Lee, John C.H., LTG, (1909-1947)

Lewis, Burton, BG, (1910-1947)

Lewis, John, BG, (1912-1946)

Lewis, Robert, MG, (1905-1946)

Littlejohn, Robert, MG, (1912-1946)

Lockwood, Benjamin, BG, (1911-1948)

Loughry, Howard, MG, (1898-1945)

Lyman, Albert K.B., BG, (1909-1942)

Malony, Harry, MG, (1912-1949)

Maxwell, Russell, MG, (1912-1946)

McCoach, David, MG, (1910-1946)

McFarland, Earl, BG, (1906-1943)

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

McNeil, Edwin, BG, (1907-1947)

Mehaffey, Joseph, MG, (1911-1949)

Miles, Sherman, MG, (1905-1946)

Millikin, John, MG, (1910-1948)

Milling, Thomas DeWitt, BG, (1909-1946)

Morris, William H.H., LTG, (1911-1952)

Morrissey, William, BG, (1912-1946)

Muir, James, MG, (1910-1945)

Munnikhuysen, Henry, BG, (1909-1946)

Murray, Maxwell, MG, (1907-1946)

Nichols, Harold, BG, (1911-1947)

Nulsen, Charles, BG, (1908-1947)

O'Conner, James, BG, (1907-1946)

Oldfield, Homer, MG, (1909-1946)

Olmstead, Dawson, MG, (1906-1944)

Ord, James Garesche, MG, (1909-1946)

Paine, George, BG, (1906-1946)

Parker, Cortlandt, MG, (1906-1946)

Patton, George Smith, GEN, (1909-1945)

Pennell, Ralph, MG, (1906-1946)

Phillipson, Irving, MG, (1904-1944)

Philoon, Wallace, MG, (1909-1945)

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Geiger, Harold E., Maj, (1908 - 1927)

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Hazlehurst, Leighton Wilson, Jr., 1st Lt, (1904 - 1912)

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

Hickam, Horace Meek, Lt Col, (1904 - 1934)

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

McChord, William Caldwell, Col, (1907 - 1937)

Milling, Thomas DeWitt, Brig Gen, (1909 - 1946)

Morrow, Joseph Caldwell, Jr., Col, (1909 - 1922)

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

Robins, Augustine Warner, Brig Gen, (1904 - 1940)

Rockwell, Lewis Cassidy, 2nd Lt, (1907 - 1912)

Seydel, Fred C., Lt Col, (1910 - 1934)

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

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