The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Edwin Colyer McNeil

McNeil, Edwin Colyer

Brigadier-General

* 13th of November 1882

† 1st of October 1965

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1931-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-03-01 Colonel
1942-02-06 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-06-29 Brigadier-General (Retired)

Service

1929-08-27 1933-08-22 Chairman of Board of Review, Office of the Judge Advocate-General
1933-08-23 1936-08-03 Judge Advocate, 1st Infantry Division
1936-08-04 1937-09-22 Chairman of Board of Review, Office of the Judge Advocate-General
1937-10-05 1942-05-06 Assistant Judge Advocate-General
1943-06-20 1946-03-26 Assistant Theater Judge Advocate-General, European Theater of Operations
1944-11-30 Retired, but remained employed
1946-03-26 1947-07-15 War Department Liaison Officer with Vanderbilt Committee on Revision of Courts Martial
1947-07-15 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond