The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Don Gilmore Shingler

Shingler, Don Gilmore

Brigadier-General

* 25th of October 1896

† 29th of October 1963

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-09-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-12-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-03-18 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-03-11 Colonel

Service

1940-10-XX 1941-10-XX Commanding Officer 87th Engineers Battalion
1941-10-XX 1942-06-24 Chief of US Military Iranian Mission
1942-06-24 1942-08-13 Commanding Officer Iran-Iraq Service Command
1942-08-13 1942-10-20 Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Service Command
1943-09-XX 1944-04-XX Commanding General Engineer Unit Training Center, Camp Claiborne, California
1944-04-XX 1944-07-08 Chief of Amphibious Section, 1st Army [Northwestern Europe]
1944-11-XX 1946-05-XX Director of Internal Division, Army Service Forces
1946-06-XX 1946-11-XX Deputy Administrator, War Assets Administration
1946-11-20 1947-03-15 Chief Engineer, US Forces European Theater
1947-03-15 1949-11-28 Chief Engineer, US European Command
1949-12-XX 1950-03-XX Division Engineer, Upper Mississippi Valley Division
1950-03-XX 1950-05-XX Member of Mississippi River Commission
1950-05-XX 1951-XX-XX Commanding General Task Group 3.2 [Marshall Islands]
1951-XX-XX 1952-XX-XX Division Engineer, Missouri River Division
Commanding General Engineer Center
Division Engineer, North Pacific Division
1954-04-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, January 1965" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.