The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Robert Henry Lewis

Lewis, Robert Henry

Major-General

* 21st of February 1884

† 28th of October 1965

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1929-05-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-08-01 Colonel
1940-03-01 Brigadier-General
1942-03-17 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-05-30 Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States)
1948-06-29 Major-General (Retired)

Service

1928-07-15 1929-08-19 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment
1929-08-20 1933-08-19 Assistant Chief of Staff, 2nd Infantry Division
1933-08-19 1935-09-29 Executive Officer, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
1935-10-01 1940-03-02 Commanding Officer 77th Field Artillery Brigade
1935-10-01 1940-03-02 Commanding Officer Fort D.A. Russell, Texas
1940-03-02 1940-05-25 Commanding Officer Artillery, 1st Infantry Division
1940-09-20 1942-12-21 Commanding General Panama Mobile Force
1940-09-20 1942-12-21 Commanding General Fort William D. Davis [Panama]
1943-01-21 1946-05-31 Commanding General Northwestern Sector, Western Defense Command
1944-06-XX 1944-07-XX Acting Commanding General Western Defense Command
1946-05-31 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of William B. Hubbard