Executive officer of the 94th Cavalry Squadron during World War II. Recipient of the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and a battlefield promotion to Major. Also chief MACV planner in Saigon during the critical buildup during his first tour of duty during the Vietnam War (1965-1966). Returned to Vietnam in 1970. Also received the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with 3 OLC, Air Medals, with three OLC, Commendation Medals, Korean Order of Chung Me, the French Croix de Guerre with palm and several Vietnamese medals. January 1943 graduate of the West Point Military Academy. Buried next to his father, mother, brother and sister.
DeWitt Clinton Armstrong
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Panama Canal Zone
DeWitt Armstrong graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of January 1943. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING Vietnam War
Service: Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Division: Fort Devens
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
CITATION:(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Devens, from 1971 to 1973.
DeWitt Clinton Armstrong
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Panama Canal Zone
DeWitt Armstrong graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of January 1943. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING Vietnam War
Service: Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Division: Fort Devens
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
CITATION:(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Devens, from 1971 to 1973.
Executive officer of the 94th Cavalry Squadron during World War II. Recipient of the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and a battlefield promotion to Major. Also chief MACV planner in Saigon during the critical buildup during his first tour of duty during the Vietnam War (1965-1966). Returned to Vietnam in 1970. Also received the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with 3 OLC, Air Medals, with three OLC, Commendation Medals, Korean Order of Chung Me, the French Croix de Guerre with palm and several Vietnamese medals. January 1943 graduate of the West Point Military Academy. Buried next to his father, mother, brother and sister.
DeWitt Clinton Armstrong
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Panama Canal Zone
DeWitt Armstrong graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of January 1943. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING Vietnam War
Service: Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Division: Fort Devens
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
CITATION:(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Devens, from 1971 to 1973.
DeWitt Clinton Armstrong
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Panama Canal Zone
DeWitt Armstrong graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of January 1943. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING Vietnam War
Service: Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Division: Fort Devens
GENERAL ORDERS:
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates
CITATION:(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General DeWitt Clinton Armstrong, III, United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Devens, from 1971 to 1973.
Inscription
BRIGADIER GENERAL USA
CLASS OF JAN 1943
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