The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Alexander Gallatin Paxton

Paxton, Alexander Gallatin

Major-General

* 4th of October 1896

† 11th of August 1974

(National Guard)

Promotions

1933-09-22 Colonel (Mississippi National Guard)
1934-05-23 Colonel (National Guards of the United States)
1940-11-25 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-08-17 Brigadier-General (Army of the Uunited States)
1946-12-02 Brigadier-General (Mississippi National Guard)
1948-04-18 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-07-27 Major-General (Mississippi National Guard)
1949-03-26 Major-General (National Guard of the United States)
1950-10-25 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1950-10-28 Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States)
1951-01-16 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1933-05-20 1942-02-22 Commanding Officer 114th Field Artillery Regiment
1942-02-XX 1942-07-XX Chief of Staff, 31st Infantry Division
1942-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 33rd Infantry Division
1948-XX-XX Commanding General 48th Infantry Divison
1951-XX-XX Commanding Officer 31st Infantry Division
Picture source: From "The Golden Cross, a history of the 33d Infantry Division in World War II", 1948