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Portrait of Major-General Raymond Oscar Barton

Barton, Raymond Oscar

Major-General

* 22nd of August 1889

† 27th of February 1963

(Regular Army)

Nickname: Tubby

Promotions

1935-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-02-14 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-10 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-04-01 Colonel
1942-08-08 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-02-28 Major-General (Retired)

Service

1933-06-13 1936-06-15 Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Georgetown University
1936-08-28 1938-12-15 Assistant Executive Officer, Infantry School
1938-12-16 1940-06-16 Commanding Officer Fort Screven, Georgia
1938-12-16 1939-09-11 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment
1939-09-12 1940-06-16 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Regiment
1940-07-01 1941-08-08 Chief of Staff, 4th Motorized Division
1941-08-09 1942-04-02 Chief of Staff, IV Corps
1942-04-04 1942-06-30 Commanding General 85th Infantry Division
1942-07-01 1943-12-31 Commanding General 4th Infantry Division
1944-02-02 1944-09-18 Commanding General 4th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1944-10-05 1944-12-27 Commanding General 4th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-03-24 1945-09-18 Commanding General Infantry Replacement & Training Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama
1946-02-28 Retired
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