The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Robert Melville Danford

Danford, Robert Melville

Major-General

* 7th of July 1879

† 12th of September 1974

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-08-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (National Army)
1918-08-08 Brigadier-General (United States Army)
1919-03-10 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (United States Army)
1919-03-10 Termination of rank Lieutenant-Colonel (National Army)
1919-08-22 Major
1928-05-10 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-03-26 Major-General (Chief of Field Artillery)

Service

1924-06-20 1928-06-15 Attached to the Office of the Chief of Field Artillery
1928-08-15 1929-06-27 Attending the Army War College
1929-11-12 1931-11-03 Attached to 13th Field Artillery Regiment
1931-07-17 1931-10-20 Commanding Officer 13th Field Arillery Regiment
1931-12-01 1935-04-24 Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of Field Artillery
1935-08-28 1937-06-24 Commanding Officer 13th Field Arillery Regiment
1937-08-28 1938-03-26 Chief of Staff, 6th Corps Area
1938-03-26 1942-02-28 Chief of Field Artillery
1942-02-28 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Field Artillery Journal", April, 1942