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Major General
Orlando Ward,   USA
Macon, Missouri
Commissioned - 1914
Wounded In Action
Deceased - 1972
Buried at
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, CO
Military Occupation Specialties
  • Field Artillery Officer
  • Secretary of the General Staff Officer
  • 1210 Armored Combat Command Commander
  • Adjutant Officer
Training
  • United States Military Academy, 1914
Military Service
Post-Civil War Era (1866-1917)
  • 1900-1918 Deployments
    • Pancho Villa Expedition, Mexico (1914-1917)
World War I (1917-1918)
  • World War I American Expeditionary Force
    • Second Battle of the Marne (Battle of Reims), France
World War II (1941-1945)
  • World War II [European-African-Middle Eastern Theatre] (1941-1945)
    • Battle of the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia - Tunisia Campaign
    • Operation Torch, French North Africa

Rank


Units


9 CAV REGT

10 FA REGT

3 INF DIV

1 ARDIV

20 AR DIV

V CORPS

FA SCH

6 INF DIV

Awards






Story of Service
MAJ Orlando Ward

As Adjutant of 2nd Battalion of the 10th Field Artillery, Major Ward was in command of the battalion when the 2nd Battle of the Marne started (his commanding officer attending the Bastille Day festivities). Heavy shelling of the battalion headquarters brought shell shock to some, but he managed to maintain order and direct fire in support of the Infantry on the river.

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