The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
McNair, Lesley James
General
* 25th of May 1883
† 25th of July 1944
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1917-08-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1918-06-26 | Colonel (National Army) |
| 1918-10-01 | Brigadier-General (Temporary) |
| 1919-07-15 | Reverted to Major |
| 1928-01-09 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1936-05-01 | Colonel |
| 1937-01-01 | Brigadier-General |
| 1940-09-25 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1940-12-01 | Major-General |
| 1941-06-09 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1954-07-XX | General (Posthumously) |
Service
| 1917-06-04 | – | 1917-08-21 | Attached to 1st Infantry Division [France] |
| 1917-08-21 | – | 1919-05-15 | Attached to Headquarters American Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1919-06-23 | – | 1919-07-05 | Attached to 1st Infantry Division [Germany] |
| 1919-07-20 | – | 1921-01-29 | Instructor at General Service School |
| 1921-02-12 | – | 1924-02-11 | Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3), Hawaiian Department |
| 1924-06-23 | – | 1928-06-01 | Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Purdue University, Indiana |
| 1928-08-16 | – | 1929-06-28 | Attending the Army War College |
| 1929-07-23 | – | 1933-06-26 | Assistant Commandant of the Field Artillery School |
| 1933-06-29 | – | 1933-09-30 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1933-09-20 | – | 1934-04-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1934-09-03 | – | 1935-03-31 | Attached to Civil Conservation Corps |
| 1935-04-20 | – | 1937-01-15 | Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of Field Artillery |
| 1937-03-07 | – | 1939-04-05 | Commanding Officer 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| 1939-04-XX | – | 1940-07-XX | Commandant of the Command & General Staff School |
| 1940-07-09 | – | 1942-03-10 | Commander in Chief General Headquarters |
| 1942-03-10 | – | 1944-07-25 | Commander in Chief Army Ground Force |
| 1944-07-25 | Killed by a Bomb, France |
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