USMA Class of 1926. Cullum No. 7937.
The New York Times
Thursday, December 14, 1989
William P. Ennis, 85; Headed War College
Lieut. General William Pierce Ennis Jr., who retired from the Army in 1962 after 36 years of service that included command of the Army War College, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 85 years old and lived in Newport, Rhode Island.
General Ennis was a third generation graduate of the United States Military Academy; his father and grandfather were brigadier generals. He graduated from West Point in 1926 and served there as tactical officer from 1931 to 1936. In World War II he saw action in North Africa and Europe and in the Korean War commanded the X Corps Artillery.
He later commanded an artillery unit of the 82d Airborne Division and served with the American delegation to NATO headquarters. He also commanded the Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was commanding officer of the Weapon Systems Evaluation Group in Washington for two years before retiring.
He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Dwyer; three daughters of Darien, Connecticut, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts; eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
The New York Times
Thursday, December 14, 1989
William P. Ennis, 85; Headed War College
Lieut. General William Pierce Ennis Jr., who retired from the Army in 1962 after 36 years of service that included command of the Army War College, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 85 years old and lived in Newport, Rhode Island.
General Ennis was a third generation graduate of the United States Military Academy; his father and grandfather were brigadier generals. He graduated from West Point in 1926 and served there as tactical officer from 1931 to 1936. In World War II he saw action in North Africa and Europe and in the Korean War commanded the X Corps Artillery.
He later commanded an artillery unit of the 82d Airborne Division and served with the American delegation to NATO headquarters. He also commanded the Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was commanding officer of the Weapon Systems Evaluation Group in Washington for two years before retiring.
He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Dwyer; three daughters of Darien, Connecticut, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts; eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
USMA Class of 1926. Cullum No. 7937.
The New York Times
Thursday, December 14, 1989
William P. Ennis, 85; Headed War College
Lieut. General William Pierce Ennis Jr., who retired from the Army in 1962 after 36 years of service that included command of the Army War College, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 85 years old and lived in Newport, Rhode Island.
General Ennis was a third generation graduate of the United States Military Academy; his father and grandfather were brigadier generals. He graduated from West Point in 1926 and served there as tactical officer from 1931 to 1936. In World War II he saw action in North Africa and Europe and in the Korean War commanded the X Corps Artillery.
He later commanded an artillery unit of the 82d Airborne Division and served with the American delegation to NATO headquarters. He also commanded the Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was commanding officer of the Weapon Systems Evaluation Group in Washington for two years before retiring.
He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Dwyer; three daughters of Darien, Connecticut, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts; eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
The New York Times
Thursday, December 14, 1989
William P. Ennis, 85; Headed War College
Lieut. General William Pierce Ennis Jr., who retired from the Army in 1962 after 36 years of service that included command of the Army War College, died Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 85 years old and lived in Newport, Rhode Island.
General Ennis was a third generation graduate of the United States Military Academy; his father and grandfather were brigadier generals. He graduated from West Point in 1926 and served there as tactical officer from 1931 to 1936. In World War II he saw action in North Africa and Europe and in the Korean War commanded the X Corps Artillery.
He later commanded an artillery unit of the 82d Airborne Division and served with the American delegation to NATO headquarters. He also commanded the Army War College at Carlisle, Pennsylvania and was commanding officer of the Weapon Systems Evaluation Group in Washington for two years before retiring.
He is survived by his wife, the former Frances Dwyer; three daughters of Darien, Connecticut, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts; eight grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
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