The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Wilhelm Delp Styer

Styer, Wilhelm Delp

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of July 1893

† 26th of February 1975

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1937-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-04-08 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-10 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-08-08 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1944-08-01 Colonel
1944-08-17 Brigadier-General
1944-11-07 Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States)
1946-04-12 Major-General
1947-04-29 Termination of rank Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States)
1948-06-04 Lieutenant-General (Retired)

Service

1936-05-19 1939-07-17 Assistant Engineer of Maintenance, Panama Canal
1939-09-04 1940-06-19 Attending the Army Industrial College
1940-08-03 1940-11-24 Commanding Officer 8th Engineers Squadron
1940-08-03 1940-11-24 Commanding Officer Fort McIntosh, Texas
1940-11-25 1940-12-12 Executive Officer, Engineer Replacement Center, 7th Corps Area
1940-12-13 1941-11-24 Deputy Chief of Construction Division, Officer of the Quartermaster-General
1941-11-25 1941-12-16 Acting Chief of Construction Division, Officer of the Quartermaster-General
1941-12-17 1942-02-16 Deputy Chief of Construction Division, Officer of the Quartermaster-General
1942-02-17 1942-03-09 Member of Special Committee on Reorganization of War Department
1942-03-09 1943-03-11 Deputy Commanding General, Services of Supply
1942-03-09 1943-03-11 Chief of Staff, Services of Supply
1943-03-12 1945-04-18 Deputy Commander in Chief Army Services Forces
1943-03-12 1945-04-18 Chief of Staff, Army Services Forces
1945-05-30 1945-06-07 Commanding General Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area
1945-06-08 1946-11-04 Commanding General US Army Forces Western Pacific
1946-07-26 1947-03-02 Hospitalized
1947-04-30 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley