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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Charles Douglas Herron

Herron, Charles Douglas

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of March 1877

† 23rd of April 1977

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-05-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-08-05 Colonel (National Army)
1919-08-31 Termination of rank Colonel (National Army)
1921-12-16 Colonel
1934-10-01 Brigadier-General
1937-03-14 Major-General
1940-07-31 Lieutenant-General (Temporary)
1941-02-07 Termination of rank Lieutenant-General

Service

1917-04-01 1917-08-05 Commanding Officer ? Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
1917-08-06 1917-08-22 Attached to 12th Field Artillery Regiment
1917-08-23 1918-07-21 Commanding Officer 313th Field Artillery Regiment [France]
1918-07-22 1918-09-09 Attached to Operations Section, General Headquarters, Armerican Expeditionary Force [France]
1918-09-10 1918-09-18 Assistant Chief of Staff,1 st Division [France]
1918-09-19 1918-12-26 Chief of Staff, 78th Infantry Division [France]
1919-01-19 1919-08-15 Attached to War Plans Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff
1919-08-15 1920-06-29 Attending the Army War College
1920-07-01 1921-09-15 Attached to War Department General Staff
1921-09-16 1923-08-16 Executive Officer, Personnel Division, War Department General Staff
1923-09-10 1924-06-12 Attending the Advanced Cource, Field Artillery School
1924-10-07 1927-05-11 Commanding Officer School Troops, Field Artillery School
1924-10-07 1927-05-11 Commanding Officer 1st Field Artillery Regiment
1927-07-07 1929-08-23 Chief of Staff, Philippine Department
1929-12-05 1930-05-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
1930-07-01 1935-09-10 Executive Officer for Reserve Affairs, Office of the Chief of Staff
1935-09-11 1936-12-24 Commanding Officer 6th Field Artillery Brigade
1936-12-25 1937-09-15 Commanding General 6th Corps Area
1937-10-07 1938-03-16 Commanding General Hawaiian Division
1938-03-17 1941-02-07 Commanding General Hawaiian Department
1941-02-28 Retired
1941-09-26 Recalled
1941-09-26 1944-04-01 Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, War Department General Staff
1944-04-01 Retired
1945-02-01 Recalled
1945-02-01 1946-12-18 Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, War Department General Staff
1946-12-18 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley