Cowles, Miles A., BG

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Final Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last MOS
9303-Army Attache

Last MOS Group
Military Intelligence

Primary Unit
1949-1953, 9303, State Department

Service Years
1917 - 1953

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

North Carolina

Year of Birth
1894

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Contact Info

Home Town Wilkesboro
Date of Passing May 21, 1974
Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments

United States Military Academy West Point (Staff-USMA)

US Army Field Artillery Center and School (Staff)

Division Artillery (DIVARTY) 36th Infantry Division

US Army Armor Center and School (Cadre) Fort Knox, KY


	1917-1919, Battery A, 13th Field Artillery
	1929-1934, United States Military Academy West Point (Staff-USMA)
	1936-1939, Hawaiian Division
	1940-1942, 2520, Staff & Faculty Battalion, US Army Field Artillery Center and School (Staff)
	1942-1943, 0002, 95th Infantry Division
	1943-1944, 0002, Division Artillery (DIVARTY) 36th Infantry Division
	1944-1945, 0002, US Army Armor Center and School (Cadre) Fort Knox, KY
	1946-1949, 2517, ROTC Princeton University (Cadre)
	1949-1953, 9303, State Department

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1917-1918 World War I
	1918-1923 Occupation of Germany, 1919 to 1923
	1941-1945 WWII - American Theater
	1942-1945 WWII - European-African-Middle Eastern Theater

Colleges Attended



	1912-1913, Davidson College
	1913-1917, United States Military Academy, West Point