USMA Class of 1915. Cullum No. 5325.
Brigadier General.
He was the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin.
On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard, daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883, at the Eighth Cavalry Officers' Club at Fort Bliss, Texas.
They were the parents of one child.
In 1931 as John Conklin, he married Helen DeWitt Duff at New Jersey.
John French Conklin was born on April 20, 1891 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin. His grandfather, Major General William Henry French, was a graduate with the USMA Class of 1837 and his father, the USMA Class of 1884. His maternal uncle, General John Clem, participated in the Civil War and was known as Shiloh Johnnie, the drummer boy of Shiloh. On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard at Fort Bliss, Texas. She was the daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883. They were the parents an adopted son, John Heard Conklin [born April 8, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee], who died in January 1971 and was survived by three children. After Marguerite's death in 1928, he remarried in 1931 to Miss Helen DeWitt Duff [born November 29, 1900 in in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York; died November 1979], of Maplewood, New Jersey, who survived him. He was promoted through all the grades from Second Lieutenant to Brigadier General. He participated in the expedition into Mexico in 1916 and World Wars I and II. He served as Company Commander, Regimental Commander, at the Command and General Staff School, at the Army War College; as an instructor at West Point and in civil assignments through the Corps of Engineers. He was an Engineer of the Third Army under General George S. Patton, preceded by his designation as Engineer of the I Armored Corps, also under General Patton. He saw service in North Africa and on the beaches of Normandy to the Bavarian Alps. He was engaged in the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine, the Isar and the Inn, en route to Austria. His conspicuous service won him promotion to General rank in 1945. Subsequent assignments were with the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1945-1947 and in Japan. In 1951, he was retired for age and spent his remaining years in the District of Columbia, until his death in 1973.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
Brigadier General.
He was the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin.
On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard, daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883, at the Eighth Cavalry Officers' Club at Fort Bliss, Texas.
They were the parents of one child.
In 1931 as John Conklin, he married Helen DeWitt Duff at New Jersey.
John French Conklin was born on April 20, 1891 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin. His grandfather, Major General William Henry French, was a graduate with the USMA Class of 1837 and his father, the USMA Class of 1884. His maternal uncle, General John Clem, participated in the Civil War and was known as Shiloh Johnnie, the drummer boy of Shiloh. On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard at Fort Bliss, Texas. She was the daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883. They were the parents an adopted son, John Heard Conklin [born April 8, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee], who died in January 1971 and was survived by three children. After Marguerite's death in 1928, he remarried in 1931 to Miss Helen DeWitt Duff [born November 29, 1900 in in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York; died November 1979], of Maplewood, New Jersey, who survived him. He was promoted through all the grades from Second Lieutenant to Brigadier General. He participated in the expedition into Mexico in 1916 and World Wars I and II. He served as Company Commander, Regimental Commander, at the Command and General Staff School, at the Army War College; as an instructor at West Point and in civil assignments through the Corps of Engineers. He was an Engineer of the Third Army under General George S. Patton, preceded by his designation as Engineer of the I Armored Corps, also under General Patton. He saw service in North Africa and on the beaches of Normandy to the Bavarian Alps. He was engaged in the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine, the Isar and the Inn, en route to Austria. His conspicuous service won him promotion to General rank in 1945. Subsequent assignments were with the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1945-1947 and in Japan. In 1951, he was retired for age and spent his remaining years in the District of Columbia, until his death in 1973.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
USMA Class of 1915. Cullum No. 5325.
Brigadier General.
He was the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin.
On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard, daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883, at the Eighth Cavalry Officers' Club at Fort Bliss, Texas.
They were the parents of one child.
In 1931 as John Conklin, he married Helen DeWitt Duff at New Jersey.
John French Conklin was born on April 20, 1891 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin. His grandfather, Major General William Henry French, was a graduate with the USMA Class of 1837 and his father, the USMA Class of 1884. His maternal uncle, General John Clem, participated in the Civil War and was known as Shiloh Johnnie, the drummer boy of Shiloh. On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard at Fort Bliss, Texas. She was the daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883. They were the parents an adopted son, John Heard Conklin [born April 8, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee], who died in January 1971 and was survived by three children. After Marguerite's death in 1928, he remarried in 1931 to Miss Helen DeWitt Duff [born November 29, 1900 in in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York; died November 1979], of Maplewood, New Jersey, who survived him. He was promoted through all the grades from Second Lieutenant to Brigadier General. He participated in the expedition into Mexico in 1916 and World Wars I and II. He served as Company Commander, Regimental Commander, at the Command and General Staff School, at the Army War College; as an instructor at West Point and in civil assignments through the Corps of Engineers. He was an Engineer of the Third Army under General George S. Patton, preceded by his designation as Engineer of the I Armored Corps, also under General Patton. He saw service in North Africa and on the beaches of Normandy to the Bavarian Alps. He was engaged in the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine, the Isar and the Inn, en route to Austria. His conspicuous service won him promotion to General rank in 1945. Subsequent assignments were with the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1945-1947 and in Japan. In 1951, he was retired for age and spent his remaining years in the District of Columbia, until his death in 1973.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
Brigadier General.
He was the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin.
On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard, daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883, at the Eighth Cavalry Officers' Club at Fort Bliss, Texas.
They were the parents of one child.
In 1931 as John Conklin, he married Helen DeWitt Duff at New Jersey.
John French Conklin was born on April 20, 1891 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the son of Colonel John Conklin and Rosalie French Conklin. His grandfather, Major General William Henry French, was a graduate with the USMA Class of 1837 and his father, the USMA Class of 1884. His maternal uncle, General John Clem, participated in the Civil War and was known as Shiloh Johnnie, the drummer boy of Shiloh. On April 11, 1917 he married Marguerite Heard at Fort Bliss, Texas. She was the daughter of Major General John W. Heard, USMA Class of 1883. They were the parents an adopted son, John Heard Conklin [born April 8, 1927 in Nashville, Tennessee], who died in January 1971 and was survived by three children. After Marguerite's death in 1928, he remarried in 1931 to Miss Helen DeWitt Duff [born November 29, 1900 in in Richmond Hill, Long Island, New York; died November 1979], of Maplewood, New Jersey, who survived him. He was promoted through all the grades from Second Lieutenant to Brigadier General. He participated in the expedition into Mexico in 1916 and World Wars I and II. He served as Company Commander, Regimental Commander, at the Command and General Staff School, at the Army War College; as an instructor at West Point and in civil assignments through the Corps of Engineers. He was an Engineer of the Third Army under General George S. Patton, preceded by his designation as Engineer of the I Armored Corps, also under General Patton. He saw service in North Africa and on the beaches of Normandy to the Bavarian Alps. He was engaged in the Battle of the Bulge, crossing the Rhine, the Isar and the Inn, en route to Austria. His conspicuous service won him promotion to General rank in 1945. Subsequent assignments were with the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1945-1947 and in Japan. In 1951, he was retired for age and spent his remaining years in the District of Columbia, until his death in 1973.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
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The USMA Post Cemetery has no record of second wife, Helen Duff Conklin.
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