The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Diller Slyder Myers

Myers, Diller Slyder

Brigadier-General

* 21st of November 1887

† 12th of May 1947

(National Guard)

Promotions

1918-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (National Army)
1919-06-24 Termination of rank Lieutenant-Colonel (National Army)
1919-08-20 Lieutenant-Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps)
1924-01-30 Colonel (Illinois National Guard)
1924-04-14 Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps)
1927-04-10 Termination of rank Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps)
1930-10-18 Brigadier-General (Illinois National Guard)
1931-10-31 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Illinois National Guard)
1933-10-01 Colonel (Federal)
1937-09-30 Termination of rank Colonel (Federal)
1938-08-03 Brigadier-General (Illinois National Guard)
1938-09-13 Brigadier-General (National Guard of the United States)
1941-03-05 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-07-19 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-07-20 Colonel (Army of the United States)

Service

1924-01-30 1930-11-17 Commanding Officer 129th Infantry Regiment
1930-10-18 1942-02-12 Commanding Officer 65th Infantry Brigade
Picture source: "33 Division pictorial history, Army of the United States, Camp Forrest - 1941-1942", 1942