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{{Short description|US Army general officer}}
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|name=Sidney Bryan Berry
|name=Sidney Bryan Berry
|birth_date=February 10, 1926
|birth_date=February 10, 1926
|death_date={{dda|2013|7|1|1926|2|10}}
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|birth_place=[[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
|birth_place=[[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]], US
|death_place=[[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania]]
|death_place=[[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania]], US
|image=LTG Sydney Bryan Berry.JPG
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|caption=LTG Sidney Bryan Berry
|caption=LTG Sidney Bryan Berry
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|allegiance=[[United States of America]]
|branch=[[File:United States Department of the Army Seal.svg|25px]] [[United States Army]]
|branch=[[File:United States Department of the Army Seal.svg|25px]] [[United States Army]]
|serviceyears=1948-1980
|serviceyears=1948–1980
|rank=[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|40px]] [[Lieutenant General (United States)|Lieutenant General]]
|rank=[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|40px]] [[Lieutenant General (United States)|Lieutenant General]]
|commands=A Company 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Korea 1950-51, 1st Arm Rifle Battalion 54th Inf 4th Armor Div 1959-60, 1st Brigade 1st Div Republic of Viet Nam 1966-67, 101st Airborne Division, Assistant Division Commander, Republic of Viet Nam 1970-1971, 101st Airborne Div 1973-74, Superintendent, [[United States Military Academy]], V Corps, US Army, Europe 1977-80.<ref name="USMA Register of Graduates">USMA Register of Graduates</ref>
|commands=A Company 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Korea 1950–51, 1st Arm Rifle Battalion 54th Inf 4th Armor Div 1959–60, 1st Brigade 1st Div Republic of Viet Nam 1966–67, 101st Airborne Division, Assistant Division Commander, Republic of Viet Nam 1970–1971, 101st Airborne Div 197374, Superintendent, [[United States Military Academy]], V Corps, US Army, Europe 1977–80.<ref name="USMA Register of Graduates">USMA Register of Graduates</ref>
|battles=[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]]
|battles=[[Korean War]]<br />[[Vietnam War]]
|awards=[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)<br/>[[Silver Star]] (4)<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (4)<br/>[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (2)<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star for Valor]]<br/>[[Air Medal]] (42)<br/>[[Purple Heart]] (2)<br/>[[Combat Infantryman Badge]] (2)
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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Berry was born in [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]] on February 10, 1926.<ref name="atkinson395">Atkinson, p. 395.</ref> He received his appointment to the academy from Mississippi, graduating 160th in his class from West Point in 1948.<ref name="register">{{cite book|title=1950 Register of Graduates and Former Cadets|publisher=The West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc|location=West Point, NY|year=1950|page=477|url=http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL9_PART0014.PDF}}</ref> He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry branch, and assigned to his first unit in Japan in 1949.<ref name="register"/>
Berry was born in [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]], on February 10, 1926.<ref name="atkinson395">Atkinson, p. 395.</ref> He received his appointment to the academy from Mississippi, graduating 160th in his class from West Point in 1948.<ref name="register">{{cite book|title=1950 Register of Graduates and Former Cadets|publisher=The West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc|location=West Point, NY|year=1950|page=477|url=http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL9_PART0014.PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110230053/http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL9_PART0014.PDF|archivedate=2009-01-10}}</ref> He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry branch, and assigned to his first unit in Japan in 1949.<ref name="register"/>


==Military career==
==Military career==
Berry's career spanned two wars. He first saw duty as a company commander in [[Korean War|Korea]]. For service during the war in Korea, he was awarded two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star for Valor, a Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.<ref name="register2008">{{cite book|title=Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy West Point, New York 2008|publisher=The West Point Association of Graduates|location=West Point, NY|year=2008|pages=3–143}}</ref> After duty in the Korean War, he earned a graduate degree from [[Columbia University]] (1951–1953).<ref name="register2008"/> He then served as an instructor at West Point in the Department of Social Sciences (1953–1956).<ref>Krueger, p.8.</ref> He was a military assistant to [[Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert McNamara]] (1961–1964), traveling to [[Vietnam]] on multiple occasions. 1964-65, Berry was a student at the U.S. Army War College, in Carlisle Barracks, PA.<ref name="USMA Register of Graduates"/> He also served a year at the [[Council of Foreign Relations]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]] (1967–1968).<ref>Krueger p.9.</ref> He would serve two and a half years in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] between 1965 and 1971. His second combat wound occurred in Vietnam during his first tour (1965–1966). His awards for his service in Vietnam included the Distinguished Service Medal, 2 Silver Stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Legions of Merit, the Purple Heart, 42 Air Medals, and a second Combat Infantryman Badge.<ref name="register2008"/> Berry became the 50th Superintendent of West Point in 1974. His time there would be trying, as he oversaw the integration of women in the summer of 1976 while at the same time dealing with a massive honor scandal involving cheating on an academic test involving the junior class.<ref>Atkinson, p. 397.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=What Price Honor?|publisher=''Time''|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947701-2,00.html|accessdate=2009-04-22 | date=1976-06-07}}</ref> Following his tour as USMA Superintendent, LTG Berry commanded the V Corps, US Army, Europe, from 1977 to 1980, and retired from active military service on 1 March1980.<ref>personal letters</ref>
Berry's career spanned two wars. He first saw duty as a company commander in [[Korean War|Korea]]. For service during the war in Korea, he was awarded two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star for Valor, a Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.<ref name="register2008">{{cite book|title=Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy West Point|publisher=The West Point Association of Graduates|location=West Point, NY|year=2008|pages=3–143}}</ref>


After duty in the Korean War, he earned a graduate degree from [[Columbia University]] (1951–1953).<ref name="register2008"/> He then served as an instructor at West Point in the Department of Social Sciences (1953–1956).<ref>Krueger, p. 8.</ref> He was a military assistant to [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert McNamara]] (1961–1964), traveling to [[South Vietnam]] on multiple occasions. 1964–65, Berry was a student at the U.S. Army War College, in Carlisle Barracks, PA.<ref name="USMA Register of Graduates"/> He also served a year at the [[Council of Foreign Relations]] in [[New York, New York|New York City]] (1967–1968).<ref>Krueger p.9.</ref>
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==Decorations==


He would serve two and a half years in the [[Vietnam War]] between 1965 and 1971. His second combat wound occurred during his first tour (1965–1966) when he was serving as senior [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]] adviser to the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]] [[7th Division (South Vietnam)|7th Division]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Maitland|first1=Terrence|last2=McInerney|first2=Peter|title=The Vietnam Experience: A Contagion of War|url=https://archive.org/details/vietnamexperienc00mait|url-access=registration|publisher=Boston Publishing Company|year=1983|isbn=0939526050|page=[https://archive.org/details/vietnamexperienc00mait/page/88 88]}}</ref> His awards for his service in South Vietnam included the Distinguished Service Medal, 2 Silver Stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Legions of Merit, the Purple Heart, 42 Air Medals, and a second Combat Infantryman Badge.<ref name="register2008"/>
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*[[File:Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] with one oak leaf cluster
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*[[File:Silver Star ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Silver Star]] with three oak leaf clusters
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*[[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Merit]] with three oak leaf clusters
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*[[File:Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]
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*[[File:Bronze Star ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with Valor Device
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*[[File:Air Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Air Medal]] with eight silver oak leaf clusters and one bronze oak leaf cluster
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*[[File:Purple Heart BAR.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Purple Heart]] with oak leaf cluster


Berry became the 50th Superintendent of West Point in 1974. His time there would be trying, as he oversaw the integration of women in the summer of 1976 while at the same time dealing with a massive honor scandal involving cheating on an academic test involving the junior class.<ref>Atkinson, p. 397.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=What Price Honor?|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947701-2,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821005919/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947701-2,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 21, 2009|accessdate=2009-04-22 | date=1976-06-07}}</ref> Following his tour as USMA Superintendent, Berry commanded the V Corps, US Army, Europe, from 1977 to 1980. He retired from active military service on 1 March 1980.<ref>personal letters</ref>
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*[[File:CIB2.png|125px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Combat Infantryman Badge]] with second award star

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==Decorations==
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* [[File:Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] with one oak leaf cluster
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* [[File:Silver Star ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Silver Star]] with three oak leaf clusters
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* [[File:Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Legion of Merit]] with three oak leaf clusters
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* [[File:Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]
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* [[File:Bronze Star ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] with Valor Device
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* [[File:Air Medal ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Air Medal]] with eight silver oak leaf clusters and one bronze oak leaf cluster
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* [[File:Purple Heart ribbon.svg|60px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Purple Heart]] with oak leaf cluster
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* [[File:CIB2.png|125px]]&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Combat Infantryman Badge]] with second award star


==Post military==
==Post military==
After retiring from the Army, Berry served as Mississippi's Commissioner of Public Safety, 1980–1984. He retired to [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="register2008"/><ref>{{cite web|title=US Military Academy at West Point-LTG Sidney Berry|publisher=All Experts.com|url=http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-Academy-West-1677/2008/9/LTG-Sidney-B-Berry.htm|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref>
Upon retirement from the military Berry served as Mississippi's Commissioner of Public Safety, 1980–1984. He then retired to [[Pennsylvania]].<ref name="register2008"/><ref>{{cite web|title=US Military Academy at West Point-LTG Sidney Berry|publisher=All Experts.com|url=http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-Academy-West-1677/2008/9/LTG-Sidney-B-Berry.htm|accessdate=2009-04-22|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515211618/http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-Academy-West-1677/2008/9/LTG-Sidney-B-Berry.htm|archivedate=2012-05-15}}</ref>


He died at a retirement home in [[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania]] on July 15, 2013 of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]]. He was 87 and is survived by his wife of 64 years, Anne; two daughters, a son and 12 grandchildren.<ref>http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130715/NEWS/307150327/-1/SITEMAP</ref>
Berry died at a retirement home in [[Kennett Square, Pennsylvania]], on July 1, 2013, of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]]. At his death he was 87 and was survived by his wife of 64 years, Anne; two daughters, a son and 12 grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 18, 2013 |title=Lt. Gen. Sidney Berry dies at 87; decorated combat vet led West Point |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2013-jul-18-la-me-sidney-berry-20130719-story.html |access-date=April 17, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
== Sources==
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* {{cite book|last=Atkinson|first=Rick|title=The Long Gray Line|publisher=MacMillan|year=1999|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=khPjp4h-lIIC&q=Sidney+Bryan+Berry&pg=RA1-PA395|accessdate=2009-04-22 | isbn=978-0805062915}}
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* {{cite book|last=Krueger|first=Dan|title=Bugle Notes, 67th Vol.|publisher=United States Military Academy|location=West Point, NY|year=1975}}


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*{{cite book|last=Atkinson|first=Rick|title=The Long Gray Line|publisher=MacMillan|year=1999|location=New York|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=khPjp4h-lIIC&pg=RA1-PA395&lpg=RA1-PA395&dq=Sidney+Bryan+Berry&source=bl&ots=vWv2AssOmo&sig=USaoykUyCEpSYQUDJNoco4b0hiw&hl=en&ei=9LrvSZCnLaaIlAfFsIAk&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1|accessdate=2009-04-22 | isbn=978-0-8050-6291-5}}

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*{{cite book|last=Krueger|first=Dan|title=Bugle Notes, 67th Vol., 1975|publisher=United States Military Academy|location=West Point, NY|year=1975}}


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Sidney Bryan Berry
LTG Sidney Bryan Berry
BornFebruary 10, 1926
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
DiedJuly 1, 2013(2013-07-01) (aged 87)
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, US
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1948–1980
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands heldA Company 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Korea 1950–51, 1st Arm Rifle Battalion 54th Inf 4th Armor Div 1959–60, 1st Brigade 1st Div Republic of Viet Nam 1966–67, 101st Airborne Division, Assistant Division Commander, Republic of Viet Nam 1970–1971, 101st Airborne Div 197374, Superintendent, United States Military Academy, V Corps, US Army, Europe 1977–80.[1]
Battles/warsKorean War
Vietnam War
AwardsDistinguished Service Medal (2)
Silver Star (4)
Legion of Merit (4)
Distinguished Flying Cross (2)
Bronze Star for Valor
Air Medal (42)
Purple Heart (2)
Combat Infantryman Badge (2)

Sidney Bryan Berry (February 10, 1926 – July 1, 2013) was a United States Army Lieutenant General, Superintendent of West Point (1974–1977), and Commissioner of Public Safety for the state of Mississippi (1980–1984).

Early life and education[edit]

Berry was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on February 10, 1926.[2] He received his appointment to the academy from Mississippi, graduating 160th in his class from West Point in 1948.[3] He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry branch, and assigned to his first unit in Japan in 1949.[3]

Military career[edit]

Berry's career spanned two wars. He first saw duty as a company commander in Korea. For service during the war in Korea, he was awarded two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star for Valor, a Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.[4]

After duty in the Korean War, he earned a graduate degree from Columbia University (1951–1953).[4] He then served as an instructor at West Point in the Department of Social Sciences (1953–1956).[5] He was a military assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (1961–1964), traveling to South Vietnam on multiple occasions. 1964–65, Berry was a student at the U.S. Army War College, in Carlisle Barracks, PA.[1] He also served a year at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York City (1967–1968).[6]

He would serve two and a half years in the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1971. His second combat wound occurred during his first tour (1965–1966) when he was serving as senior Military Assistance Command, Vietnam adviser to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 7th Division.[7] His awards for his service in South Vietnam included the Distinguished Service Medal, 2 Silver Stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Legions of Merit, the Purple Heart, 42 Air Medals, and a second Combat Infantryman Badge.[4]

Berry became the 50th Superintendent of West Point in 1974. His time there would be trying, as he oversaw the integration of women in the summer of 1976 while at the same time dealing with a massive honor scandal involving cheating on an academic test involving the junior class.[8][9] Following his tour as USMA Superintendent, Berry commanded the V Corps, US Army, Europe, from 1977 to 1980. He retired from active military service on 1 March 1980.[10]

Decorations[edit]

Post military[edit]

Upon retirement from the military Berry served as Mississippi's Commissioner of Public Safety, 1980–1984. He then retired to Pennsylvania.[4][11]

Berry died at a retirement home in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 2013, of complications from Parkinson's disease. At his death he was 87 and was survived by his wife of 64 years, Anne; two daughters, a son and 12 grandchildren.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b USMA Register of Graduates
  2. ^ Atkinson, p. 395.
  3. ^ a b 1950 Register of Graduates and Former Cadets (PDF). West Point, NY: The West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc. 1950. p. 477. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy West Point. West Point, NY: The West Point Association of Graduates. 2008. pp. 3–143.
  5. ^ Krueger, p. 8.
  6. ^ Krueger p.9.
  7. ^ Maitland, Terrence; McInerney, Peter (1983). The Vietnam Experience: A Contagion of War. Boston Publishing Company. p. 88. ISBN 0939526050.
  8. ^ Atkinson, p. 397.
  9. ^ "What Price Honor?". Time. June 7, 1976. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  10. ^ personal letters
  11. ^ "US Military Academy at West Point-LTG Sidney Berry". All Experts.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  12. ^ "Lt. Gen. Sidney Berry dies at 87; decorated combat vet led West Point". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

Sources[edit]

  • Atkinson, Rick (1999). The Long Gray Line. New York: MacMillan. ISBN 978-0805062915. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  • Krueger, Dan (1975). Bugle Notes, 67th Vol. West Point, NY: United States Military Academy.


Military offices
Preceded by Superintendents of the United States Military Academy
1974–1977 		Succeeded by
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