Willard Ames Holbrook was a Major General

Major general (United States)

In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, and United States Air Force, major general is a two-star general-officer rank, with the pay grade of O-8. Major general ranks above brigadier general and below lieutenant general...

 in the United States Army

United States Army

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Career

Holbrook graduated from the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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 in 1885 and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment. Later he would be assigned to the 7th Cavalry Regiment. During the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...

, Holbrook would be stationed in Cuba

Cuba

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. From 1901 to 1902, Holbrook served as Civil Governor of Antique, Philippines. During World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, Holbrook would command the 165th Infantry Brigade

165th Infantry Brigade (United States)

The 165th Infantry Brigade is a brigade of the United States Army. It no longer serves a combat role, and instead is a training unit of the United States Army.-World War I:...

 and the 9th Infantry Division. Holbrook's final assignment was as Chief of the U.S. Cavalry. He retired from the Army on July 23, 1924.

Marriage and Children

In 1902, Holbrook married Anna Huntington Stanley, daughter of Major General David S. Stanley

David S. Stanley

David Sloane Stanley was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Franklin.-Early life:...

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• Willard Ames Holbrook, Jr.
  Willard Ames Holbrook, Jr.
  Willard Ames Holbrook, Jr. was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He served as the commander of Combat Command A of the 11th Armored Division during World War II.-Biography:...
  
   - served as Brigadier General
  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...
  
  
• David Stanley Holbrook - served as a First Lieutenant
  First Lieutenant
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   and died in the Philippines in 1926.

Death

On July 18, 1932, Holbrook died at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

The Walter Reed Army Medical Center was the United States Army's flagship medical center until 2011. Located on 113 acres in Washington, D.C., it served more than 150,000 active and retired personnel from all branches of the military...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

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 along with his wife Anna and son David.

Awards

Awards he received include the Army Distinguished Service Medal

Distinguished Service Medal (Army)

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See also

• 5th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
• 17th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
  17th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
  The 17th Cavalry is a historical organization within the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry after the Pancho Villa Expedition. The unit was constituted on 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as the 17th Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Texas and originally inactivated 26 September 1921 at the...
  
  
• Lucius Roy Holbrook
  Lucius Roy Holbrook
  Lucius Roy Holbrook was a Major General who commanded of the United States Army's Philippine Department from 1936 to 1938....