George Douglas Wahl
Encyclopedia
George Douglas Wahl was a Brigadier General
in the United States Army
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. Wahl died on March 24, 1981. He is buried along with his father at Arlington National Cemetery
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in 1917. During World War II
he would serve in the artillery
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Brigadier general (United States)
A brigadier general in the United States Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, is a one-star general officer, with the pay grade of O-7. Brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below major general. Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral in the other uniformed...
in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
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Biography
Wahl was born on October 15, 1895. His father was Major General Lutz WahlLutz Wahl
Lutz Wahl was a Major General in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1927 to 1928. He graduated from West Point in the class of 1891. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.His son, George Douglas Wahl, would become a Brigadier General.-External links:...
. Wahl died on March 24, 1981. He is buried along with his father at Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States of America, established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Lee, a great...
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Career
Wahl graduated from the United States Military AcademyUnited States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
in 1917. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he would serve in the artillery
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
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