The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Cole, William Edward
Major-General
* 22nd of September 1874
† 18th of May 1953
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1917-06-22 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1917-10-31 | Colonel (National Army) |
| 1918-08-08 | Brigadier-General (United States Army) |
| 1919-04-10 | Termination of rank Brigadier-General (United States Army) |
| 1919-04-10 | Termination of rank Colonel (National Army) |
| 1927-07-01 | Colonel |
| 1930-01-13 | Brigadier-General |
| 1935-12-01 | Major-General |
Service
| 1916-12-XX | – | 1917-10-01 | District Material Officer, Panama Coast Artillery District |
| 1917-10-01 | – | 1917-10-31 | Attached to the Office of the Adjutant-General |
| 1917-11-08 | – | 1918-08-26 | Commanding Officer 351st Field Artillery Regiment [France] |
| 1918-10-04 | – | 1918-12-12 | Commanding Officer 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| 1918-12-16 | – | 1919-01-07 | Commanding Officer 20th Field Artillery Brigade |
| 1919-01-07 | – | 1919-04-10 | Commanding Officer Camp Jackson, South Carolina |
| 1919-04-18 | – | 1919-07-25 | Attached to Adjutant-General's Department |
| 1920-08-05 | – | 1921-06-30 | Commanding Officer 30th Coast Artillery Brigade |
| 1920-08-16 | – | 1921-05-31 | Commanding Officer 52nd Coast Artillery Regiment |
| 1920-09-09 | – | 1920-11-03 | Commanding Officer Coast Artillery Training Center, Fort Monroe, Virginia |
| 1921-05-18 | – | 1921-07-01 | Commanding Officer 43rd Coast Artillery Regiment |
| 1921-07-01 | – | 1924-12-25 | Assistant to the Chief of Coast Artillery |
| 1924-12-26 | – | 1925-05-XX | Chief of Staff, Hawaiian Coast Artillery Brigade |
| 1925-05-15 | – | 1927-08-31 | Commanding Officer Coast Defenses of Pearl Harbor |
| 1925-05-15 | – | 1927-08-31 | Commanding Officer 55th Coast Artillery Brigade |
| 1927-11-30 | – | 1930-01-13 | President of the Coast Artillery Board |
| 1929-01-15 | – | 1930-03-31 | Commanding Officer 30th Coast Artillery Brigade |
| 1930-02-17 | – | 1930-03-15 | Attending General Officers' Refresher Course, Fort Benning, Georgia |
| 1930-05-08 | – | 1930-09-12 | Commanding Officer 1st Coast Artillery District |
| 1930-10-25 | – | 1931-01-06 | Commanding Officer 22nd Infantry Brigade |
| 1931-04-07 | – | 1932-10-03 | Commanding Officer Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade |
| 1932-11-04 | – | 1936-01-25 | Commanding Officer 2nd Coast Artillery District |
| 1933-06-02 | – | 1936-01-25 | Commanding Southern Zone Civil Conservation Corps |
| 1936-01-25 | – | 1938-07-31 | Commanding General 5th Corps Area |
| 1938-09-30 | Retired | ||
| 1941-12-08 | Recalled | ||
| 1941-12-08 | – | 1944-09-05 | Member of the War Department Personnel Board |
| 1944-09-05 | Retired |
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