MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Pilcher, Milton Alfred

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pilcher​

• FORENAME

Milton Alfred​

• UNIT

HQ Detachment (Signal Corps,comms)​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

0-363806​

• AWARD

Bronze Star​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 13.11.1916 Washington,D.C.​

employed by Kentucky Power Co. and Rural Electrification Administration 1938-42​

Merrills Marauders​

Mars Task Force 1944-45​

Assistant Signal Officer,2 Army 1945​

Office of the Chief Signal Officer,Pentagon 1946​

Director of US Army Reserve School​

352 Civil Affairs Command (C.O.) 1946-68​

Executive Office of President of United States 1949-60​

Brigadier General 1966​

Deputy Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations,Department of the Army​

Major General 1968​

Commanding General,310 Field Army Support Command,Washington,D.C. 1972-74 (retired)​

award Legion of Merit​

married Elizabeth Haywood (1912-98)​

died 16.4.2017 Arlington,Virginia age 100​

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia​

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