Funeral services for Maj. Gen. Hiram Dudley Ives of Ladies burgh and Washington, a retired Army officer, were held Tuesday at the Fort Myer Chapel in Arlington National Cemetery.
General Ives, who died December 1 of cancer, was buried at Arlington. He was 78.
The Baltimore native retired in 1965 after 24 years in the Army.
He enlisted in the Maryland National Guard in 1928 after graduating from Poly in 1924 and studying at Cornell and Johns Hopkins universities. He was commissioned as an infantry second lieutenant in 1929.
In 1941, after working 12 years in private industry, General Ives was called to duty as a captain with the 29th Infantry Division. He served as a company commander and as a regimental staff officer in the 175th Infantry.
In 1942 he was transferred to the 80th Infantry Division at Camp Forrest, Tenn., where the commanded the 1st Battalion of the 319th Infantry.
In 1944 he and his battalion were sent to Europe, where the participated in teh northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and central Europe campaigns.
When he returned to the United States Two years later, he served with the War Department general staff as a personnel staff officer. He kept the job until 1953, when he returned to Europe.
In 1956 he moved to Chicago to become chief of the Illinois Military District.
Two years late he was sent to South Korea as senior adviser to the Korean Army Training Command at Taejon and senior advisor to the Second Republic of Korea Army.
In 1959 he was assigned as chief of staff of the 3rd Army at Fort McPherson, Ga. In 1960 he assumed command of Fort Jackson in South Carolina and the infantry training center there.
In 1961 he was named deputy inspector general of the Department of the Army, and in 1963 he was appointed inspector general.
His many military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star with one oak-leaf cluster and the Bronze Star with one oak-leaf cluster.
General Ives is survived by his wife, the former Constance Morley; two sons, Maj. Stewart Ives, of Waynesboro, Pa.; and H. Dudley Ives, Jr., of Washington; two brothers, James Ives, of Monkton, and Walter Ives, of Towson, and a sister, Louise Stogsdall, of Boston.
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Funeral services for Maj. Gen. Hiram Dudley Ives of Ladies burgh and Washington, a retired Army officer, were held Tuesday at the Fort Myer Chapel in Arlington National Cemetery.
General Ives, who died December 1 of cancer, was buried at Arlington. He was 78.
The Baltimore native retired in 1965 after 24 years in the Army.
He enlisted in the Maryland National Guard in 1928 after graduating from Poly in 1924 and studying at Cornell and Johns Hopkins universities. He was commissioned as an infantry second lieutenant in 1929.
In 1941, after working 12 years in private industry, General Ives was called to duty as a captain with the 29th Infantry Division. He served as a company commander and as a regimental staff officer in the 175th Infantry.
In 1942 he was transferred to the 80th Infantry Division at Camp Forrest, Tenn., where the commanded the 1st Battalion of the 319th Infantry.
In 1944 he and his battalion were sent to Europe, where the participated in teh northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and central Europe campaigns.
When he returned to the United States Two years later, he served with the War Department general staff as a personnel staff officer. He kept the job until 1953, when he returned to Europe.
In 1956 he moved to Chicago to become chief of the Illinois Military District.
Two years late he was sent to South Korea as senior adviser to the Korean Army Training Command at Taejon and senior advisor to the Second Republic of Korea Army.
In 1959 he was assigned as chief of staff of the 3rd Army at Fort McPherson, Ga. In 1960 he assumed command of Fort Jackson in South Carolina and the infantry training center there.
In 1961 he was named deputy inspector general of the Department of the Army, and in 1963 he was appointed inspector general.
His many military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star with one oak-leaf cluster and the Bronze Star with one oak-leaf cluster.
General Ives is survived by his wife, the former Constance Morley; two sons, Maj. Stewart Ives, of Waynesboro, Pa.; and H. Dudley Ives, Jr., of Washington; two brothers, James Ives, of Monkton, and Walter Ives, of Towson, and a sister, Louise Stogsdall, of Boston.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-obituary-for-hiram-d/66019262/
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