Andrew P. O'Meara
Andrew Pick O'Meara (born March 23, 1907 in West Bend , Washington County , Wisconsin , † September 30, 2005 in Arlington, Arlington County , Virginia ) was a general in the US Army , who was in command of the South Command between 1961 and 1965 - Armed Forces ( US Southern Command ) and most recently from 1965 to 1967 Commander in Chief of the Army in Europe ( US Army Europe ) and in personal union commander of the Central Army Group CENTAG ( Central Army Group ) .
Life
Military training, World War II and Korean War
O'Meara, the eldest of two sons of Thomas Francis O'Meara and his wife Emma Augusta Pick O'Meara, began after the completion of high school in 1926 officer training at the US Military Academy in West Point , which he in June 1930 as a lieutenant of the Field artillery completed. Subsequently, he found employment in various army units until 1940 and was among other things an officer in the 4th field artillery regiment between 1931 and 1934 and later a sports teacher at the US Military Academy. In 1941, he was first battery commander in the 4th Armored Division ( 4th Armored Division ) , and after the US entry into the Second World War on December 8, 1941 commander of the 94th Field Artillery Battalion. In the following war years he took part in various battles and combat missions in the European theater of war and was at the end of the war in 1945 as a colonel deputy commander of the artillery of the VII. US Corps ( VII Corps ) . For his services in World War II, he was first awarded the Legion of Merit in 1945 .
After the end of the war, O'Meara graduated from the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth from 1945 to 1946 and, after various other posts, from 1951 to 1952 at the National War College (NWC) at Fort Lesley J. McNair . In 1952 he was promoted to brigadier general and transferred to Korea , where he was first as commander of the artillery of the 7th Infantry Division ( 7th Infantry Division ) between 1952 and 1953 and finally as commander of the artillery of the IX. U.S. Corps ( IX Corps ) participated in the Korean War . For his military service there he was awarded the Silver Star and another Legion of Merit.
Promotion to general
In December 1954 O'Meara became a major general promoted and took over the post as head of Research and Development in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Logistics and was then in August 1957 Commanding General in Fort Hood stationed 4th Armored Division ( 4th Armored Division ) , before he was head of the military support department in the staff of the European Command of the US armed forces USEUCOM ( US European Command ) in Saint-Germain-en-Laye near Paris between 1959 and 1961 . He then took over in January 1961 as a lieutenant general the post of commander in chief of the in Fort Amador in Panama Canal Zone stationed US Caribbean Command ( US Caribbean Command ) . In June 1963, he was appointed General promoted and took over the post as the first Commander in Chief of the emerged from the US Caribbean Command and stationed also in Fort Amador Southern Command of the US armed forces ( US Southern Command ) . He held this post until February 1965 and was then replaced by General Robert W. Porter . For his services in this service he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for the first time .
Most recently, General O'Meara replaced General Paul L. Freeman, Jr. as Commander-in-Chief of the Army in Europe USAREUR ( US Army Europe ) on March 18, 1965 and was in personal union commander of the Central Army Group CENTAG until his retirement in May 1967 ( Central Army Group ) , whereupon General James H. Polk took his place. For his achievements he received a bronze oak leaf branch on June 22, 1967 instead of a second Army Distinguished Service Medal.
From his 1933 marriage with Ellen Aldridge Fraser O'Meara, the two daughters Ellen F. O'Meara Johnson and Louisa O'Meara Heiberg emerged. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Awards
Selection of awards, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :
Web links
- Andrew P. O'Meara in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Meara, Andrew P. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Meara, Andrew Pick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American officer, general in the US Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Bend , Washington County , Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 2005 |
| Place of death | Arlington, Arlington County , Virginia |