US Army Brigadier General. He graduated from New Mexico State University in 1917 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He served during World War I, and his initial assignments included the 62nd, 57th and 3rd Infantry Regiments in the Philippines and throughout the United States. He was a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, Army War College, and Army Industrial College, and served as an instructor at the Command and General Staff College. During World War II he was Assistant Division Commander of the 80th Infantry Division, commander of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade at Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion, and Assistant Division Commander of the 9th Infantry Division. In August, 1944 he was named commander of the 28th Infantry Division. He was in command for only one day, and was killed by a German sniper while he was at the command post of the division's 112th Infantry Regiment. He was buried in France, and later reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to the Legion of Merit, he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Purple Heart.
(Bio: Bill McKern)
(Bio: Bill McKern)
US Army Brigadier General. He graduated from New Mexico State University in 1917 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He served during World War I, and his initial assignments included the 62nd, 57th and 3rd Infantry Regiments in the Philippines and throughout the United States. He was a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, Army War College, and Army Industrial College, and served as an instructor at the Command and General Staff College. During World War II he was Assistant Division Commander of the 80th Infantry Division, commander of the 1st Engineer Special Brigade at Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion, and Assistant Division Commander of the 9th Infantry Division. In August, 1944 he was named commander of the 28th Infantry Division. He was in command for only one day, and was killed by a German sniper while he was at the command post of the division's 112th Infantry Regiment. He was buried in France, and later reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to the Legion of Merit, he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Purple Heart.
(Bio: Bill McKern)
(Bio: Bill McKern)
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