William E. DePuy

General William E. DePuy

William Eugene DePuy (born October 1, 1919 in Jamestown , North Dakota , † September 9, 1992 in Arlington County , Virginia ) was an American general in the US Army who, among other things, between 1973 and 1977 was in command of the Army Command for Training and Training development TRADOC ( US Army Training and Doctrine Command ) was.

Life

World War II and post-war period

After attending school, DePuy began studying economics at South Dakota State University , graduating in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science (BS Economics). He subsequently resigned as lieutenant in the US Army, and found several missions as an officer during World War II in the 357th Infantry Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division ( 90th Infantry Division ) . As a major and operations and training officer of this regiment, he was awarded the Silver Star on December 23, 1944 . In 1945 he was a lieutenant colonel and commander of the 1st battalion of the 357th infantry regiment. For his services in crossing the Moselle and securing Brodenbach , he was awarded a further Silver Star on February 26, 1945 and March 19, 1945, and the Distinguished Service Cross on May 18, 1945 .

After the end of the war there were numerous other posts as an officer and staff officer in units of the US Army. In August 1945 he began his training at Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth and subsequently became an officer in the office of the Assistant Chief of the General Staff (G 1) of the Army in the US Department of War . After a 1948-1949 Russian language course at the Defense Language Institute (DLI) and then a course at the Strategic Intelligence School had visited it in 1949, first of assistive and later Acting Military Attaché at the Embassy in the People's Republic of Hungary . After his return, he took over the post of China consultant in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1950 and then, from February 1953, completed a course at the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk . After that he took from 1953 to 1956 use in the US armed forces in Germany and served successively of assistive staff officer (G 3) of the Fifth US Corps ( V Corps ) , commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Infantry Regiment of 4 . Infantry Division ( 4th Infantry Division ) and Acting Deputy chief of staff of the US V Corps.

1956 returned DePuy to Washington, DC back and until 1960 secretary for force structure, policy and educational planning in the office of the Chief of Army Staff ( Chief of Staff of the Army ) , General Maxwell D. Taylor or General Lyman Lemnitzer . In 1960 he began further training at the Imperial Defense College (IDC) in London and was subsequently employed again in Germany between 1961 and May 1962 as commander of the 1st Combat Group of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division ( 3rd Infantry Division) stationed in Schweinfurt Infantry Division ) . After his return he became head of department for special warfare in the office of the deputy chief of the army staff for military operations and then head of department for planning and programs at the assistant chief of the army staff for armed forces development.

Vietnam War and promotion to general

As brigadier general , DePuy was Assistant Chief of Staff (J-3 (Operations)) of the US Armed Forces High Command in South Vietnam between May 1964 and March 1966, MACV ( Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ) at the beginning of the Vietnam War . For his services there he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal on August 19, 1966 .

In March 1966, he replaced Major General Jonathan O. Seaman as commander of the 1st Infantry Division ( 1st Infantry Division ) , of The Big Red One , now and held this post until December 1966, after Major General John H. Hay, Jr. January 1967 his Succeeded. For his military services during Operation Attleboro in November 1966 he was awarded another Distinguished Service Cross on February 7, 1967, and another Army Distinguished Service Medal on April 18, 1967. Between March 1968 and January 1969 he was Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . In this function, he made significant contributions to the US operations in the areas of national military strategy in Southeast Asia , the planning and implementation of peace programs in Vietnam , the modernization and improvement of the armed forces of South Vietnam and the steering of international negotiations with North Vietnam and was responsible for these contributions 1969 again awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.

In March 1969, DePuy was as lieutenant general of assistive Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army (Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Army) and held this position until February 1973. Because of his services he was awarded another Distinguished Service Medal. Most recently he was promoted to general on July 1, 1973 and then first commander of the newly created Army Command for Training and Development TRADOC ( US Army Training and Doctrine Command ) . He held this position until his retirement on June 30, 1977 and was then replaced on July 1, 1977 by General Donn A. Starry . During his tenure, several TRADOC facilities and programs were founded and expanded, such as the US Army Training Support Center , the Scenario Oriented Recurring Evaluation System , the Soldier's Manuals and Skill Qualification Tests, and the Army Training Evaluation Program . For his services there in improving education and training development, he was awarded another Army Distinguished Service Medal.

From his marriage to Marjory Kennedy Walker in June 1951, the son William E. DePuy, Jr., and the two daughters Joslin and Daphne DePuy emerged.

Awards

Selection of awards, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

•   Distinguished Service Cross (2 ×)
•   Army Distinguished Service Medal (5 ×)
• Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
•   Silver Star (3 ×)
• Purple Heart (2 ×)
•   Legion of Merit
•   Distinguished Flying Cross
•   Bronze star
•   Air Medal

Web links

• Entry in the Hall of Valor

• William E. DePuy in the database of Find a Grave (English)