Military Career
- 1911 - 1915—Attends United States Military Academy (USMA) - West Point, New York
- Graduated As No. 5378 and commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant
- 1915 - 1917 -- 6th Infantry Regiment
- 1916 - 1917 -- Mexican Expeditionary Forces
- 1916 - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
- April 12, 1916—Wounded at Battle of Parral and recommended for the Medal of Honor
- 1917 - Promoted to Captain
- 1916 - 1917 -- Mexican Expeditionary Forces
- June - July 1917—54th Infantry Regiment
- 1917 - 1918—Instructor of Modern Languages at USMA
- 1918—Intelligence Officer & Assistant Adjutant—USMA
- 1918—The Hague, Netherlands
- 1924—Promoted to Major (United States)
- 1932—Assistant Military Attaché to France
- 1932 - 1933—Attends the Army War College
- 1933 - 1935—Instructor of Section G-2, Army War College
- 1935 - 1938 -- Assistant Military Advisor to the Commonwealth of the Philippines
- January 30, 1938—killed in air crash at Baguio City
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