The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Barker, John DeForest
Major-General
* 25th of March 1897
† 8th of October 1986
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1941-09-15 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-02-01 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-03-01 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1942-11-16 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-05-25 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-02-18 | Brigadier-General (Confirmed US Senate)(Dated back to 1944-05-25) |
| 1948-02-18 | Major-General (Air Force of the United States)(Confirmed US Senate)(Dated back to 1947-10-19) |
| 1948-06-09 | Major-General (Confirmed US Senate)(Dated back to 1944-05-45) |
Service
| 1940-08-05 | – | 1942-02-28 | Member of Miscellaneous Branch, Operations & Training (G-3) Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1942-03-01 | – | 1942-08-31 | Chief of Training Branch, Operations & Training (G-3) Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1942-09-01 | – | 1942-10-19 | Chief of Training Branch, Operations & Training (G-3) Division, European Theater of Operations US Army |
| 1942-10-20 | – | 1943-01-15 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans (A-5), 12th Air Force [United Kingdom - North Africa] |
| 1943-01-23 | – | 1943-02-18 | Chief of Staff, Allied Air Support Command |
| 1943-02-18 | – | 1943-05-31 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Northwest African Tactical Air Force |
| 1943-07-01 | – | 1943-08-14 | Member of the Executive Office, Theater Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1943-08-14 | – | 1943-12-XX | Senior Air Instructor at the Army & Navy Staff College |
| 1944-02-27 | – | 1945-10-15 | Deputy Chief of Theater (Operations) Group for Air, Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1945-05-10 | – | 1945-05-28 | Chief of Troop Control Section, Theater (Operations) Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1945-10-19 | – | 1946-03-10 | Commanding General Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 4, Personnel Distribution Command |
| 1946-03-17 | – | 1947-10-12 | Chief of Staff, US Air Forces in Europe |
| 1947-10-13 | – | 1948-05-31 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (J-3), Joint Task Force 7 |
| 1948-06-01 | – | 1949-08-13 | Deputy Director of Continental United States Defense Planning Group, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1949-08-14 | – | 1953-08-XX | Deputy Commanding General Air University |
| 1953-03-01 | – | 1953-04-14 | Acting Commanding General Air University |
| 1953-08-31 | Retired |