Frank A. Keating
Frank Augustus Keating (born February 4, 1895 in New York City , † April 28, 1973 in Cohasset ) was an American major general .
Life
Frank Keating began his military career in May 1915. From 1917 to 1918 he fought in France as a first lieutenant in the First World War . In 1918 he was promoted to captain and was employed as a lecturer at the Infantry Weapons School in Châtillon-sur-Seine (France). In 1920 he was promoted to captain. From 1922 to 1924 he was a National Guard instructor for Iowa and Minnesota. In 1924 missions followed in Japan and the Philippines, in 1929 in Hawaii. On May 24, 1933, Keating was promoted to major . After stations in Cincinnati and Columbus (Ohio), he graduated from the General Staff School in Fort Leavenworth , Kansas in 1939 . He then served at Camp Lewis, Washington, with then Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower . On December 11, 1941 he was promoted to colonel and took over as chief of staff of the 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Sam Houston , Texas. On July 27, 1942, he was promoted to brigadier general.
On January 20, 1944, Frank A. Keating took command of the 102nd US Infantry Division , which landed at Cherbourg in France on September 23 . On February 23, 1945, Keating's division took part in " Operation Grenade ", as part of the XIII. US Corps crossed the Rur near Linnich and occupied Krefeld on March 3rd. After the 9th Army crossed the Rhine near Wesel , the 102nd Division reached Münster on April 4 and Bielefeld on April 7 . After Hanover was occupied on April 10, Keating's troops discovered the Gardelegen massacre while advancing to the Elbe . The demarcation line on the Elbe near Stendal was reached on April 21 .
On July 2, 1945, Keating was promoted to major general and was Deputy Military Governor of Germany and City Commander of Berlin from May 1945 to January 1946 , Commander in Chief of the Troops in Berlin from 1946 to 1948 , Deputy Military Governor of the US Zone in Germany and Deputy to Lucius D. Clay on the Allied Control Council . After World War II, Keating served as a military advisor in Korea in 1950 . On August 31, 1950, he retired.
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- ↑ With 102d thru Germany: WWII Unit History 102nd Infantry Division on http://www.lonesentry.com/102thrugermany/index.html
Floyd L. Parks (1945) | James M. Gavin (1945) | Ray W. Barker (1945-1946) | Frank A. Keating (1946-1947) | Cornelius E. Ryan (1947) | William Hesketh (1947) | Frank L. Howley (1947-1949) | Maxwell D. Taylor (1949-1951) | Lemuel Mathewson (1951-1953) | Thomas S. Timberman (1953-1954) | George Honnen (1954–1955) | Charles L. Dasher (1955–1957) | Barksdale Hamlett (1957-1959) | Ralph M. Osborne (1959-1961) | Albert Watson II (1961–1963) | James H. Polk (1963-1964) | John F. Franklin Jr. (1964-1967) | Robert G. Fergusson (1967-1970) | George M. Seignious II. (1970–1971) | William W. Cobb (1971–1974) | Sam S. Walker (1974-1975) | Joseph C. McDonough (1975–1978) | Calvert P. Benedict (1978-1981) | James G. Boatner (1981-1984) | John H. Mitchell (1984-1988) | Raymond E. Haddock (1988–1990)
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| SURNAME | Keating, Frank A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Keating, Frank Augustus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1973 |
| Place of death | Cohasset |