The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Lorenzo Dow Gasser

Gasser, Lorenzo Dow

Major-General

* 3rd of May 1876

† 30th of October 1955

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-08-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1919-05-15 Colonel (United States Army)
1920-06-30 Termination of rank Colonel (United States Army)
1920-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1928-05-10 Colonel
1936-06-17 Brigadier-General
1942-01-14 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1918-XX-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, III Corps [France]
Assistant Chief of Staff 1st Army [France]
1919-XX-XX Assistant Chief of Staff, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1921-08-17 1927-03-27 Secretary, War Department General Staff
1931-06-18 1934-04-16 Commanding Officer 31st Infantry Regiment
1934-06-14 1936-10-02 Chief of Staff, 4th Corps Area
1936-10-26 1937-08-31 Commanding Officer 16th Infantry Brigade
1937-09-01 1939-04-19 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-1), War Department General Staff
1939-04-20 1939-06-30 Acting Assistant Chief of Staff (G-1), War Department General Staff
1939-07-01 1940-05-30 Acting Deputy Chief of Staff, War Department General Staff
1940-05-31 Retired
1941-05-23 Recalled
1941-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Director of Defense Health & Welfare Services
1943-03-09 1945-08-31 President of the War Department Manpower Board
1945-12-31 Retired
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