Ralph E. Haines junior
Ralph Edward Haines, Jr. (born August 21, 1913 in Fort Mott , Salem County , New Jersey ; † November 23, 2011 in San Antonio , Bexar County , Texas ) was an American general in the US Army who served, among other things, between 1967 and 1968 Vice-chief of the Army General Staff ( Vice chief of Staff of the United States Army ) , 1968-1970 commander in chief of the army units in the Pacific USARPAC ( US Army Pacific ) and most recently 1970-1973 Commanding General of the Army continental commands ( Continental Army Command ) was.
Life
Haines, son of Brigadier General Ralph Edward Haines and his wife Ethel L. Haines, began military training at the US Military Academy at West Point after attending the Texas Military Academy in San Antonio in 1930 , which he completed in 1935. At the same time he was promoted to lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) and transferred to the infantry. First he was used in Fort Bliss and then with the Philippine Scouts . After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the associated entry of the USA into World War II on December 8, 1941, he was an operations officer of the 88th Infantry Division deployed in Italy . After the war he was awarded the brevet awarded a colonel and he was from 1945 to 1947 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of belonging to the 88th Infantry Division 350th Infantry Regiment (350th Infantry Regiment) and was for his services in this use for the first time with the Legion of Merit honored.
In addition to other assignments as an officer, he completed courses at the Armed Forces Staff College (AFSC) in Norfolk , the US Army War College in Carlisle and at the National War College (NWC) at Fort Lesley J. McNair . In February 1962, Major General was Haines Commanding General ( Commanding General ) in Fort Hood stationed 1st Armored Division ( 1st Armored Division ) , known as "Old Ironsides," and remained until May 1963 in this use. For this he was awarded the Legion of Merit for the second time on July 17, 1963. In 1965 he was awarded the Legion of Merit for the third time due to further services. Later he was Lieutenant General between 1965 and 1967 in command of the III. US Corps ( III Corps ) and received the Legion of Merit for the fourth time for his services in this service. In 1967 he replaced General Creighton Abrams as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Army ( Vice Chief of Staff of the Army ) , and was in this capacity Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army , Harold Keith Johnson . In July 1968 he was followed by General Bruce Palmer as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army . For his services in this service he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal on August 22, 1968 .
General Haines was then as the successor to General Dwight E. Beach between August 1968 and his replacement by General William B. Rosson in October 1970, Supreme Commander of the Army Units in the Pacific region USARPAC ( US Army Pacific ) at the Fort Shafter headquarters in Hawaii . He was last in October 1970 Commanding General of the Army continental commands ( Continental Army Command ) and remained in this use until his retirement in January 1973 after 38 years of service. Then there was a reorganization of the army, then from the Continental Army Command , the military command of the Army FORSCOM ( US Army Forces Command ) under the command of General Walter T. Kerwin, Jr. was born.
Haines was married to Sally Genevieva Swift Haines and was the father of Palmer Swift Haines. He died of complications from heart failure and was the longest-living four-star general in the US Army at the time of his death at the age of 98. He was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery . In his honor, the Ralph E. Haines, Jr. Award is presented annually to the best drill sergeant in the Army Reserve.
Awards
Selection of awards, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :
Web links
- Entry in the Hall of Valor
- Ralph E. Haines Jr. in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Collins | Shark slip | Hull | Bolte | Palmer | Lemnitzer | Decker | Eddleman | Hamlett | Abrams | Haines | Palmer | Haig | Weyand | Kerwin | Kroesen | Vessey | Wickham | Thurman | Brown | RisCassi | Sullivan | Reimer | Peay | Tilelli | Griffith | Crouch | Shinseki | Keane | Casey | Cody | Chiarelli | Austin | Campbell | Allyn | McConville | Martin
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| SURNAME | Haines, Ralph E. Junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haines, Ralph Edward, Jr. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American officer, general in the US Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Mott , Salem County , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 2011 |
| Place of death | San Antonio , Bexar County , Texas |