Clarence Adcock

Major General Clarence Adcock

Clarence Lionel Adcock (born October 23, 1895 in Waltham , Massachusetts , † January 9, 1967 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American major general in the US Army .

Life

Military training and World War II

Adcock, son of Charles John Adcock and Jennie Leonard Adcock, began after the school in 1915 his officer training at the US Military Academy in West Point , which he in 1918 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) graduated. He then became an officer in the engineering force and graduated from the engineering school in 1921. After completing a staff course at the Command & General Staff School (CGSS) in Fort Leavenworth in 1935, he also attended the US Army War College (USAWC) in Carlisle in 1939 and was then an administrative officer in the office of between September 1939 and June 1942 Chief Engineer of the US Army. During this time he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) on June 12, 1941 and on February 1, 1942 to Colonel (Colonel) .

In June 1942, Adcock was first transferred to Great Britain as Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (G-4) of the I. Corps (I Corps) , from where he then took part in operations in North Africa on the Mediterranean theater of war . For his services there he was awarded the Legion of Merit for the first time in 1942 . He then acted from January to March 1943 as deputy chief of staff for logistics of the 5th Army ( Fifth United States Army ) under the command of Lieutenant General Mark W , which was newly established in Morocco after the Allied landing in North Africa ( Operation Torch ) on January 3, 1943 Clark . After his promotion to brigadier general (Brigadier-General) on 18 March 1943 he took over from March 1943 and August 1944 the post of deputy chief of staff for logistics at the headquarters of the Allied Forces AFHQ ( Allied Forces Headquarters ) . Because of his services there, he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1944.

Most recently, from August 1944 to June 1945, Adcock was deputy chief of staff for logistics of the 6th Army Group (Sixth US Army Group) deployed in France and later in Germany . In this use, he was honored with a bronze oak leaf branch in place of a second Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1945 for his military services.

Post-war period and deputy military governor in Germany

After the end of the Second World War , Adcock was Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning and Strategy at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force ( SHAEF ) between June and July 1945 and then Assistant Chief of Staff from July 1945 to March 31, 1946 for planning and strategy of the US armed forces in Europe USFET ( US Forces, European Theater ) as well as director of the military government of the American zone of occupation in Germany . There he was in 1945 for his military merit with a Bronze oak branch instead of a second Legion of Merit and honored on 26 September 1945 to Major General (Major-General) promoted. His personal advisor was Walter L. Dorn .

Thereupon Adcock was between April 1 and October 6, 1946 both Deputy Military Governor and Deputy Commandant of the Office of the US Military Government in Germany and thus representative of General Joseph T. McNarney . For his military service he was awarded a bronze oak leaf branch in place of a third Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1946. On January 31, 1947, he retired from active military service. On June 15, 1948, he was called back to the service and served as chairman of the Bizone control office in Frankfurt am Main until August 1949 . As such, he was responsible for overseeing the German economic administration in the British-American zone of occupation. In August 1949 he finally retired as major general. He was also Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and was also awarded the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de guerre with palm trees.

In 1950 he went into the private sector and was assistant to the president of the packaging company Continental Can Company (CCC) until 1967 . His marriage to Olive C. Adcock was childless. After his death, he was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of Arlington National Cemetery
• Clarence Adcock in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Entry in general.dk
• Entry in the Hall of Valor