The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Robert Meredith Perkins

Perkins, Robert Meredith

Brigadier-General

* 26th of September 1887

† 15th of January 1960

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-26 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-11 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-07-01 Colonel
1946-03-05 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-08-16 Brigadier-General (Retired)

Service

1935-06-25 1936-06-30 Attached to the Office of the Chief of Coast Artillery
1936-07-01 1939-06-27 Attached to War Plans Division, War Department General Staff
1939-09-15 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4), Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command
Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3), Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command
1942-03-11 Chief of Staff, Hawaiian Coast Artillery Command
1942-03-XX 1944-04-15 Commanding Officer 53rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade
1943-03-16 1945-09-02 Commanding General Hawaiian Anti-Aircraft Command
1945-11-04 1946-03-01 Commanding General Special Troops, 2nd Army
1946-03-24 1947-10-31 Instector-General, San Francisco Port of Embarkation
1947-10-31 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, September 1960" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.