The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Francis Andrew March

March, Francis Andrew

Brigadier-General

* 2nd of November 1895

† 2nd of November 1967

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-09-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-12-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-16 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1944-11-16 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-01-31 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-03-11 Colonel

Service

1941-05-25 1941-11-15 Executive Officer, 47th Field Artillery Regiment
1941-11-15 1942-03-22 Public Relation Officer, War Department
1942-03-22 1943-01-10 Commanding Officer 320th Field Artillery Battalion
1943-01-10 1943-12-09 Executive Officer, 82nd Airborne Division [North Africa - Sicily - Italy]
1943-12-09 1944-02-09 Commanding Officer Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division
1944-02-22 1944-05-08 Commanding Officer Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division
1944-05-22 1945-07-19 Commanding Officer Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-07-19 1945-12-01 Assistant Commanding General 82nd Airborne Division
1946-09-01 1947-06-01 Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Ohio State University
1947-06-01 1949-09-01 Attached to the Office of the Secretary of War
1949-09-09 1951-XX-XX Director of ? Department, Artillery School
1951-XX-XX 1953-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Caribbean Defense Command
1953-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, September 1978" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.