The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Benjamin Greeley Ferris

Ferris, Benjamin Greeley

Brigadier-General

* 20th of September 1892

† 2nd of September 1982

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1936-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-26 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-10-28 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1944-03-01 Colonel
1945-11-30 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1936-06-XX 1936-10-XX Attached to 66th Infantry Regiment
1936-10-XX 1937-11-XX Commanding Officer Civil Conservation Corps District No. 1
1937-11-XX 1938-07-XX Attached to 66th Infantry Regiment
1938-07-XX 1941-12-XX Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4), 2nd Corps Area
1942-01-XX 1942-02-XX Attached to Planning Staff, US China-Burma-India Theater of Operations
1942-03-XX 1944-11-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army Forces, US China-Burma-India Theater of Operations
1944-12-XX 1946-03-XX Member of Equipment Review Board, Army Ground Forces
1946-04-01 1949-03-21 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-1), 2nd Service Command
1946-04-01 1949-03-21 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-1), 1st Army
1949-04-06 Director of Civil Affairs Division, European Command
1951-XX-XX Retired