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Portrait of Brigadier-General Carleton Custer Pierce

Pierce, Carleton Custer

Brigadier-General

* 19th of October 1877

† 31st of October 1958

(National Guard)

Promotions

1907-12-01 Colonel (West Virginia National Guard)
1909-09-15 Termination of rank Colonel (West Virginia National Guard)
1929-04-01 Colonel (West Virginia National Guard)
1930-06-10 Brigadier-General (West Virginia National Guard)
1933-02-07 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (West Virginia National Guard)
1933-02-07 Termination of rank Colonel (West Virginia National Guard)
1933-02-08 Lieutenant-Colonel (West Virginia National Guard)
1934-05-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (National Guard of the United States)

Service

1907-12-XX Assistant Adjutant-General of West Virginia
1929-XX-XX 1933-XX-XX Adjutant-General of West Virginia
1941-XX-XX 1946-10-09 Adjutant-General of West Virginia
1941-01-21 1941-10-19 Acting Director of Selective Service, West Virginia
1941-10-19 Director of Selective Service, West Virginia
Picture source: From: 'A History of Preston County, West Virginia' by Oren Frederic Morton, 1914