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Portrait of Major-General Walter Schuyler Grant

Grant, Walter Schuyler

Major-General

* 24th of January 1878

† 4th of March 1956

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-08-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1918-08-27 Colonel (United States Army)
1918-11-02 Termination of rank Colonel (United States Army)
1920-03-15 Reverted to Major
1920-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-09-20 Colonel
1936-03-01 Brigadier-General
1938-10-01 Major-General

Service

1917-06-XX 1917-10-XX Attached to Operations Committee, War College Division, General Staff
1917-11-28 1918-08-21 Attached to Operations Section (G-3), General Staff, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1918-08-22 1918-09-17 Assistant to Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3), 1st Army [France]
1918-09-18 1918-11-11 Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Army [France]
1918-11-12 1919-01-XX Chief of Staff, I Corps [France]
1919-01-XX 1921-06-03 Attached to Operations Division, War Department General Staff
1921-08-14 1923-06-15 Instructor in General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1922-06-XX 1923-06-15 Assistant Chief of Command Section, General Staff School
1922-06-XX 1923-06-15 Assistant Director of General Staff School
1923-06-18 1924-07-01 Attending the Army War College
1924-07-01 1926-07-XX Director of Command Division, Army War College
1926-07-XX 1927-06-15 Director of War Plans Division, Army War College
1927-09-10 1927-10-05 Attending a Refresher Course, Fort Riley, Kansas
1927-10-10 1929-05-19 Commanding Officer 1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1927-10-10 1929-05-19 Executive Officer, Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
1928-01-09 1928-02-07 Acting Commanding Officer Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
1929-01-10 1929-03-07 Acting Commanding Officer Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont
1929-05-21 1929-08-07 Commanding Officer Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island
1929-07-05 1929-08-03 Commanding Officer Citizens Military Training Camp
1929-08-08 1929-09-20 Commanding Officer 1st Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1929-09-20 1931-05-21 Commanding Officer 13th Cavalry Regiment
1931-07-01 1933-12-XX Chief of Staff 1st Corps Area
1934-01-03 1935-03-27 Commanding Officer 6th Cavalry Regiment
1935-04-XX 1936-06-28 Assistant Commandant Army War College
1935-10-06 1936-06-28 Acting Commandant of Army War Collge
1936-06-29 1937-06-30 Commandant of Army War College
1937-07-01 1938-03-25 Commanding Officer New York Port of Embarkation
1938-05-11 1938-10-31 Commanding Officer Fort Stotsenberg [Philippines]
1938-10-21 1939-07-24 Commanding General Philippine Division
1939-07-24 1940-06-10 Commanding General Philippine Department
1940-10-11 1941-08-21 Commanding General 3rd Corps Area
1941-08-XX 1942-01-31 Attached to Office of the Chief of Staff US Army
1942-01-31 Retired, but remained employed
1942-02-01 1946-XX-XX Member of Secretary of War's Personnel Board, War Department
1946-02-21 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, October 1956" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.