USMA Class of 1929. Cullum No. 8672.
He was the son of Fred W. Sladen Sr. and Elizabeth Lefferts Sladen.
On Thursday, August 22, 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringale at Cosey Point Farm in Talbot County, Maryland.
They were the parents of two children.
Fred Jim W. Sladen Jr. was born on March 13, 1906 at Vancouver Barracks in Washington, the son of Major General Fred W. Sladen, USMA Class of 1890, who served as Commandant of Cadets and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. His paternal grandfather, Major Joseph A. Sladen, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the Civil War. After graduation in 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringdale of Easton, Maryland. After duty at Fort Benning and a temporary assignment with the Department of Modern Languages at West Point, he was sent to Paris to study French at the Sorbonne. His next assignment was French instructor at West Point from 1933 to 1938. Following assignments included Schofield Barracks, the Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Lewis, Fort Ord and Camp Pickett. At Camp Pickett, he joined his father's old outfit, the 3d Infantry Division. He served as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 36th Regiment from Fedala to Messina, then as Executive Officer of the regiment from Salerno to Anzio. His French language skills resulted in his assignment as Chief of the Allied Liaison Section with the 2d French Moroccan Division in December 1943. He was selected as G3, 36th Infantry Division, from March to November 1944. His awards included the following: Silver Star, Bronze Star (three oak leaves and V device), Commendation Ribbon, Legion of Merit, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with star and Italian Cruce de Valore. During the North African and European Campaigns, he participated in five of the six major amphibious landings and was instrumental in the success of the 36th Division landing in Southern France. He returned the United States, where he became a member of the Strategy and Planning Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff and later a member of the Joint War Plans Commission, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until August 1946. Several assignments following including Tactical Officer, West Point; Armed Forces Staff College; National War College and three years at United States Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1954, he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Assistant Division Commander, 2d Division at Fort Lewis in Washington. He also served as Commanding General of Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, during the conduct of the nuclear tests there. After a year in Korea as Chief of Staff of I Corps and two years as Deputy Commander, United States Army Training Center and Fort Ord, he retired in 1959. He and his wife moved to Lakewood, Washington where they had bought a home during his time at Fort Lewis. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one daughter, Patricia S. Crow; one son and one sister, Elizabeth M. Sladen.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
He was the son of Fred W. Sladen Sr. and Elizabeth Lefferts Sladen.
On Thursday, August 22, 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringale at Cosey Point Farm in Talbot County, Maryland.
They were the parents of two children.
Fred Jim W. Sladen Jr. was born on March 13, 1906 at Vancouver Barracks in Washington, the son of Major General Fred W. Sladen, USMA Class of 1890, who served as Commandant of Cadets and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. His paternal grandfather, Major Joseph A. Sladen, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the Civil War. After graduation in 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringdale of Easton, Maryland. After duty at Fort Benning and a temporary assignment with the Department of Modern Languages at West Point, he was sent to Paris to study French at the Sorbonne. His next assignment was French instructor at West Point from 1933 to 1938. Following assignments included Schofield Barracks, the Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Lewis, Fort Ord and Camp Pickett. At Camp Pickett, he joined his father's old outfit, the 3d Infantry Division. He served as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 36th Regiment from Fedala to Messina, then as Executive Officer of the regiment from Salerno to Anzio. His French language skills resulted in his assignment as Chief of the Allied Liaison Section with the 2d French Moroccan Division in December 1943. He was selected as G3, 36th Infantry Division, from March to November 1944. His awards included the following: Silver Star, Bronze Star (three oak leaves and V device), Commendation Ribbon, Legion of Merit, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with star and Italian Cruce de Valore. During the North African and European Campaigns, he participated in five of the six major amphibious landings and was instrumental in the success of the 36th Division landing in Southern France. He returned the United States, where he became a member of the Strategy and Planning Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff and later a member of the Joint War Plans Commission, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until August 1946. Several assignments following including Tactical Officer, West Point; Armed Forces Staff College; National War College and three years at United States Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1954, he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Assistant Division Commander, 2d Division at Fort Lewis in Washington. He also served as Commanding General of Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, during the conduct of the nuclear tests there. After a year in Korea as Chief of Staff of I Corps and two years as Deputy Commander, United States Army Training Center and Fort Ord, he retired in 1959. He and his wife moved to Lakewood, Washington where they had bought a home during his time at Fort Lewis. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one daughter, Patricia S. Crow; one son and one sister, Elizabeth M. Sladen.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
USMA Class of 1929. Cullum No. 8672.
He was the son of Fred W. Sladen Sr. and Elizabeth Lefferts Sladen.
On Thursday, August 22, 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringale at Cosey Point Farm in Talbot County, Maryland.
They were the parents of two children.
Fred Jim W. Sladen Jr. was born on March 13, 1906 at Vancouver Barracks in Washington, the son of Major General Fred W. Sladen, USMA Class of 1890, who served as Commandant of Cadets and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. His paternal grandfather, Major Joseph A. Sladen, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the Civil War. After graduation in 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringdale of Easton, Maryland. After duty at Fort Benning and a temporary assignment with the Department of Modern Languages at West Point, he was sent to Paris to study French at the Sorbonne. His next assignment was French instructor at West Point from 1933 to 1938. Following assignments included Schofield Barracks, the Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Lewis, Fort Ord and Camp Pickett. At Camp Pickett, he joined his father's old outfit, the 3d Infantry Division. He served as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 36th Regiment from Fedala to Messina, then as Executive Officer of the regiment from Salerno to Anzio. His French language skills resulted in his assignment as Chief of the Allied Liaison Section with the 2d French Moroccan Division in December 1943. He was selected as G3, 36th Infantry Division, from March to November 1944. His awards included the following: Silver Star, Bronze Star (three oak leaves and V device), Commendation Ribbon, Legion of Merit, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with star and Italian Cruce de Valore. During the North African and European Campaigns, he participated in five of the six major amphibious landings and was instrumental in the success of the 36th Division landing in Southern France. He returned the United States, where he became a member of the Strategy and Planning Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff and later a member of the Joint War Plans Commission, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until August 1946. Several assignments following including Tactical Officer, West Point; Armed Forces Staff College; National War College and three years at United States Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1954, he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Assistant Division Commander, 2d Division at Fort Lewis in Washington. He also served as Commanding General of Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, during the conduct of the nuclear tests there. After a year in Korea as Chief of Staff of I Corps and two years as Deputy Commander, United States Army Training Center and Fort Ord, he retired in 1959. He and his wife moved to Lakewood, Washington where they had bought a home during his time at Fort Lewis. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one daughter, Patricia S. Crow; one son and one sister, Elizabeth M. Sladen.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
He was the son of Fred W. Sladen Sr. and Elizabeth Lefferts Sladen.
On Thursday, August 22, 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringale at Cosey Point Farm in Talbot County, Maryland.
They were the parents of two children.
Fred Jim W. Sladen Jr. was born on March 13, 1906 at Vancouver Barracks in Washington, the son of Major General Fred W. Sladen, USMA Class of 1890, who served as Commandant of Cadets and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. His paternal grandfather, Major Joseph A. Sladen, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the Civil War. After graduation in 1929, he married Margaret Baldwin Arringdale of Easton, Maryland. After duty at Fort Benning and a temporary assignment with the Department of Modern Languages at West Point, he was sent to Paris to study French at the Sorbonne. His next assignment was French instructor at West Point from 1933 to 1938. Following assignments included Schofield Barracks, the Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Lewis, Fort Ord and Camp Pickett. At Camp Pickett, he joined his father's old outfit, the 3d Infantry Division. He served as Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 36th Regiment from Fedala to Messina, then as Executive Officer of the regiment from Salerno to Anzio. His French language skills resulted in his assignment as Chief of the Allied Liaison Section with the 2d French Moroccan Division in December 1943. He was selected as G3, 36th Infantry Division, from March to November 1944. His awards included the following: Silver Star, Bronze Star (three oak leaves and V device), Commendation Ribbon, Legion of Merit, Combat Infantryman's Badge, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre with star and Italian Cruce de Valore. During the North African and European Campaigns, he participated in five of the six major amphibious landings and was instrumental in the success of the 36th Division landing in Southern France. He returned the United States, where he became a member of the Strategy and Planning Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff and later a member of the Joint War Plans Commission, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until August 1946. Several assignments following including Tactical Officer, West Point; Armed Forces Staff College; National War College and three years at United States Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1954, he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned as Assistant Division Commander, 2d Division at Fort Lewis in Washington. He also served as Commanding General of Camp Desert Rock, Nevada, during the conduct of the nuclear tests there. After a year in Korea as Chief of Staff of I Corps and two years as Deputy Commander, United States Army Training Center and Fort Ord, he retired in 1959. He and his wife moved to Lakewood, Washington where they had bought a home during his time at Fort Lewis. Survivors included his wife, Margaret; one daughter, Patricia S. Crow; one son and one sister, Elizabeth M. Sladen.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
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