- SURNAME
Donovan
- FORENAME
William Joseph (Wild Bill)
- UNIT
Director of Strategic Services
- RANK
Brigadier General + Major General
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Medal (US),Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold with palm (Bel),Croix de Guerre with palm (Bel)
- PLACE
WW2 service
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1.1.1883 Buffalo,New York
educated Niagara College
educated Columbia University (B.A. 1905)
educated Columbia University Law School (LL.B. 1907)
New York National Guard 1916
entered service Buffalo,New York
165th Infantry Regiment WW1
awards Medal of Honor and D.S.C. (WW1)
Assistant Attorney General 1924-29
lawyer in New York 1929-41
Co-ordinator of Information 11.7.1941 - 13.6.1942
Director of Strategic Services (OSS) 13.6.1942 - 1.10.1945
Brigadier General,US Army 24.3.1943
Major General,US Army 10.11.1944
released from US Army 12.1.1946
Ambassador to Thailand 1953-54
married Ruth R. (4.5.1891 - 12.12.1977 - buried with husband)
died 8.2.1959 Walter Reed Medical Center,Washington,D.C.
buried Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 2 Grave 4874
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