Officers of the US Army 1939-1945 -- Y

US Army Officers
1939-1945

Dates: day-month-year, so 10.08.1909 is August 10, 1909. RA = Regular Army. AUS = Army of the United States (temporary rank).
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Yeager,
Emer

Son of Alvin R. Yeager and Elsie Drake. 11.08.1886
Prairie Creek, IN
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24.11.1956

2nd Lt.
1914

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Brig.Gen.
17.09.1943 (retd 30.09.1945)

1908
-
1914
enlisted service in the Regular Army

1914

commissioned in the Philippine Scouts

1942
-
1945
Executive Officer, 2nd Port of Embarkation, Southwest Pacific Area

02.1945
-
09.1945
HQ Army Ground Forces

Yeager,
George Herschel

Son of Lewis G. and Susan L. (Osborn) Yeager. Married (26.11.1936) Dorothy Anne Stone; two daughters, one son.

obituary 19.10.1905
Davis, WV
-
04.01.1998
Baltimore, MD

2nd Lt.
?

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Col. AUS
(1943?) (reld 04.1945)

Brig.Gen. USAFR
?

LM
1945
?

Education: University of West Virginia (BS, 1927); University of Maryland (MD, 1929)
Surgeon, resident training program, University Hospital Baltimore, 1929-1933. Served in the Maryland National Guard.

1942
-
1945
served Army of the United States (AUS) [temporary commission] (Australia, the Philippines, Japan):

1942
-
1943
Chief Surgeon, 42nd General Hospital

1943
-
1945
Commanding Officer, 42nd General Hospital

09.1944
-
?
[also?:] Base Section 3 (Brisbane, Australia)

post-war

Brigade-General, Medical Corps, US Air Force Reserve

Remained a Reserve Officer, and a consultant to the Surgeon General. Professor of clinical surgery, University of Maryland, 1946-1973. Director of professional and suporting services, University of Maryland Hospital, 1965-1971.
Member (president), Southern Surgical Association; Member, Americna Medical Wrtiers' Association. Editor, "American Surgeon", 1954-(1970)
Published: numerous scientific articles

Young,
Charles Duncanson
19.05.1878
Washington, DC
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13.05.1955

2nd Lt.
1900

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Col.
1940

Brig.Gen.
1941

1900

commissioned in the Engineer Corps Reserve

1941
-
1943
Director of Procurement and Distribution, Services of Supply

1943
-
1945
Deputy Director, Office of Defense Transportation

Young,
Gordon Russell
14.12.1891
Philadelphia, PA
-
25.05.1963
DC

2nd Lt.
1913

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Brig.Gen.
09.1942?
05.07.1944 (retd 31.05.1951)

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1913)

1913

commissioned in the Corps of Engineers

1941
-
1942
Department Engineer, Panama Canal Department

1942
-
1944
Chief Engineer, Caribbean Defense Command

1944
-
1945
Commanding General, Fort Belvoir

Young,
Laurence Woodville

Son of Robert Harrison Young and Pamela Emaline Gudger. 18.08.1877
Swannanoa, Buncombe, NC
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12.1966
Tryon, Polk, NC

2nd Lt.
?

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Brig.Gen.
01.09.1941 (retd 31.01.1944)

Young,
Robert Nicholas
14.01.1900
Washington, DC
-
19.10.1964
NC

2nd Lt.
?

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Col.
?

Younger,
James Wellington
28.05.1894
Post Oak, TX
-
12.01.1963

2nd Lt.
?

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Col.
? (retd 31.12.1946)

Brig.Gen.
16.03.1945 (reverted to Col. 03.1946)

1917

commissioned in the infantry, Officer Reserve Corps

1941
-
1943
Assistant Quartermaster, Memphis, TN

1943
-
1944
Quartermaster, 2nd Army, then Ground Quartermaster, Army Ground Forces

1944
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1945
Chief, Quartermaster Section, 12th Army Group (ETO)

Yount,
Paul Frailey
09.09.1908
Alliance, OH
-
28.11.1984
Indiana, PA

2nd Lt.
1930 [018022]

1st Lt.
01.08.1935

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Brig.Gen.
05.1944

Maj.Gen.
01.08.1949 (retd 31.01.1958)

DSM
?
?

DSM
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?

DSM
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LM
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LM
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1930; grad. # 8786); Cornell University (...-1933)

1930

commissioned in the Corps of Engineers

(10.1939)

3rd Engineers (Schofield Barracks, TH)

1941
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1942
member of US Military Mission to Iran

1942

Commanding Officer, Base Sector, Services of Supply in the China-India-Burma Theater of Operations

1942
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1944
Commanding General, Military Railway Service in Iran

1944

Commanding General, Military Railway Service in India

1944
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1945
Commander, Advance Sector, Services of Supply in India-Burma Theater of Operations

1949
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1950
Commanding General, New York Port of Embarkation

1950
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1951
Commanding General, 2nd Logistical Command (Yokoham 1950-1951, Pusan 1951)

1952
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1953
Deputy Chief, Transportation Corps

01.04.1953
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16.03.1958
Acting Chief, then Chief, Transportation Corps

Younts,
Paul Reid
11.01.1899
North Carolina
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02.1971
Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

2nd Lt.
?

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Col.
(1945)

some General's rank
1950/60s ?

13.06.1934
-
10.02.1941
Postmaster General of Charlotte, NC

served in the National Guard

(1945)

Army Air Forces personnel distribution command

North Carolina state highway commissioner. A small portion of the Interstate 77 south of Charlotte, NC is called the "General Younts Expressway" in his honor.

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