USMA Class of 1920. Cullum No. 6597.
On August 1, 1923, he married Virginia Priest [1902-1993] of San Antonio at the Post Chapel at Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. Their marriage ended in divorce. They had no children. On April 30, 1949 as Virginia Priest DeGraaf, she married James Hearn Bell [died 1985] of Dallas, Texas.
On January 2, 1954, he married Selma Thomas Donovan at Christ Church Methodist in New York City. She remarried on January 15, 1974 to Wayne Clifton Zimmerman.
In December 1942, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action. Cited by General MacArthur, he received the award near Buna, New Guinea, “for taking over totally disorganized units, personally leading assault groups, and—alone—wiping out at close range a number of enemy snipers, finally concluding successfully an attack which otherwise would have failed."
In June 1944, the British award of Mention in Dispatches, with accompanying certificate, was transmitted to him by the Acting Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia. His other awards included the Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal, World War I Victory Medal, Distinguished Unit Emblem, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the World War II Victory Medal.
On August 1, 1923, he married Virginia Priest [1902-1993] of San Antonio at the Post Chapel at Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. Their marriage ended in divorce. They had no children. On April 30, 1949 as Virginia Priest DeGraaf, she married James Hearn Bell [died 1985] of Dallas, Texas.
On January 2, 1954, he married Selma Thomas Donovan at Christ Church Methodist in New York City. She remarried on January 15, 1974 to Wayne Clifton Zimmerman.
In December 1942, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action. Cited by General MacArthur, he received the award near Buna, New Guinea, “for taking over totally disorganized units, personally leading assault groups, and—alone—wiping out at close range a number of enemy snipers, finally concluding successfully an attack which otherwise would have failed."
In June 1944, the British award of Mention in Dispatches, with accompanying certificate, was transmitted to him by the Acting Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia. His other awards included the Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal, World War I Victory Medal, Distinguished Unit Emblem, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the World War II Victory Medal.
USMA Class of 1920. Cullum No. 6597.
On August 1, 1923, he married Virginia Priest [1902-1993] of San Antonio at the Post Chapel at Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. Their marriage ended in divorce. They had no children. On April 30, 1949 as Virginia Priest DeGraaf, she married James Hearn Bell [died 1985] of Dallas, Texas.
On January 2, 1954, he married Selma Thomas Donovan at Christ Church Methodist in New York City. She remarried on January 15, 1974 to Wayne Clifton Zimmerman.
In December 1942, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action. Cited by General MacArthur, he received the award near Buna, New Guinea, “for taking over totally disorganized units, personally leading assault groups, and—alone—wiping out at close range a number of enemy snipers, finally concluding successfully an attack which otherwise would have failed."
In June 1944, the British award of Mention in Dispatches, with accompanying certificate, was transmitted to him by the Acting Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia. His other awards included the Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal, World War I Victory Medal, Distinguished Unit Emblem, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the World War II Victory Medal.
On August 1, 1923, he married Virginia Priest [1902-1993] of San Antonio at the Post Chapel at Fort Sam Houston, Bexar County, Texas. Their marriage ended in divorce. They had no children. On April 30, 1949 as Virginia Priest DeGraaf, she married James Hearn Bell [died 1985] of Dallas, Texas.
On January 2, 1954, he married Selma Thomas Donovan at Christ Church Methodist in New York City. She remarried on January 15, 1974 to Wayne Clifton Zimmerman.
In December 1942, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in action. Cited by General MacArthur, he received the award near Buna, New Guinea, “for taking over totally disorganized units, personally leading assault groups, and—alone—wiping out at close range a number of enemy snipers, finally concluding successfully an attack which otherwise would have failed."
In June 1944, the British award of Mention in Dispatches, with accompanying certificate, was transmitted to him by the Acting Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia. His other awards included the Legion of Merit, Army Commendation Medal, World War I Victory Medal, Distinguished Unit Emblem, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze service stars and the World War II Victory Medal.
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