The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Baer, Joseph Augustus
Brigadier-General
* 29th of April 1878
† 30th of August 1958
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1917-08-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1918-09-20 | Colonel (USA) |
| 1920-03-15 | Reverted to Major |
| 1920-07-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1929-01-05 | Colonel |
| 1943-04-25 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-01-30 | Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-08-16 | Brigadier-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1917-XX-XX | Adjutant, Plattsburg Military Training Camps, New York | ||
| 1917-12-05 | – | 1917-12-28 | Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General |
| 1918-01-03 | – | 1918-06-06 | Division Inspector, 15th Cavalry Division |
| 1918-06-08 | – | 1918-07-06 | Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General, Southern Department |
| 1918-07-21 | – | 1918-12-04 | Assistant to Inspector-General, American Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1919-04-20 | – | 1919-05-20 | Inspector, Base Section No. 8, Services of Supply [Italy] |
| 1919-05-21 | – | 1919-06-XX | Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General, American Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1920-07-01 | – | 1920-08-27 | Attached to the Office of the Inspector-General |
| 1920-08-27 | – | 1921-08-15 | Attending the Army War College |
| 1921-09-01 | – | 1922-07-27 | Attending the Army School of the Line |
| 1922-07-28 | – | 1923-06-24 | Attending the General Staff School |
| 1924-07-02 | – | 1927-06-12 | Attached to G-3 Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1927-08-30 | – | 1927-10-15 | Attending a Refresher Course, Cavalry School |
| 1927-10-18 | – | 1929-07-23 | Executive Officer, 11th Cavalry |
| 1928-08-02 | – | 1928-10-08 | Commanding Officer 11th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1929-08-14 | – | 1929-09-13 | Attached to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), War Department General Staff |
| 1929-10-01 | Р| 1933-07-23 | Military Attach̩ to Austria |
| 1933-10-25 | – | 1935-10-26 | Commanding Officer 7th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1935-08-16 | – | 1935-10-26 | Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade |
| 1935-11-27 | – | 1939-08-03 | Chief of Staff, 3rd Corps Area |
| 1939-08-21 | – | 1940-10-XX | National Guard Officer, 2nd Corps Area |
| 1940-10-XX | – | 1941-08-XX | Acting Chief of Staff, 2nd Corps Area |
| 1941-08-XX | – | 1942-03-XX | Chief of Staff, 2nd Corps Area |
| 1942-03-XX | – | 1944-01-31 | Chief of Staff, 2nd Service Command |
| 1943-04-30 | Retired, but remained employed | ||
| 1944-01-31 | Retired |
Picture source: From "The New York National Guardsman. March, 1940."