John Aiken (officer)

John Aiken, Sr. ( May 10, 1879 - June 20, 1964 ) was an American brigadier general in the US Army .

Life

Aiken was the second son of John Aiken and Elizabeth Jane Blaine Aiken. His older brother Blaine served as First Lieutenant in H Company of the 10th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment in the Spanish-American War . After attending school, he himself completed an officer training course and was then an infantry officer in the National Army . He took part in the First World War. After his promotion to lieutenant colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) he was the first time from March 16 to April 12, 1919 and from May 15 to 23, 1919 for the second time Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 110th Infantry Regiment (110th Infantry Regiment) . He then moved to the Pennsylvania National Guard , where he was also a lieutenant colonel on July 29, 1920. On 17 August 1922 he was in this for Colonel (Colonel) transported and then took over until 30 November 1939, the third time the post of commander of the 110th Infantry Regiment.

On November 30, 1939 Aiken was commander of the 55th Infantry Brigade (55th Infantry Brigade) and exercised this command until September 24, 1941. After he had previously been Brigadier General of the Pennsylvania National Guard and the US National Guard, he was promoted to Brigadier General (Brigadier-General) of the US Army on February 20, 1941 . On January 14, 1942, he finally resigned from active military service, but later became a major general of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.

Aiken was married to Sara Diana Dunning Aiken and was buried in Washington Cemetery in Washington after his death .

Web links

• John Aiken in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Entry in general.dk