William Luther Sibert
Major General, United States Army
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The founder of a distinguished American military family. His two sons, Edwin Luther Sibert and Franklin Cummings Sibert, each retired as Major Generals in the Army and two grandsons and a great-grandson have been in the Army.
An 1884 graduate of West Point, he was an engineer, who built bridges in the Midwest; saw service in the Philippines and assisted in building the Panama Canal (for the latter he was promoted to Brigadier General and given the Thanks of Congress on march 4, 1915).
After commanding the 1st Division in France during World War I, he returned to the United States and served as Director of Chemical Warfare Service.
He retired from the Army in 1920 and from 1923 to 1933 was manager of the Alabama State Docks Commission, which constructed the Ocean Terminal at Mobile. In 1928 Congress appointed him Chairman of a board to investigate and report on the Boulder Dam Project.
He died at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1935 at the age of 75, and was buried in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.
William Luther Sibert
Major General, United States Army
Alabama State Flag
The founder of a distinguished American military family. His two sons, Edwin Luther Sibert and Franklin Cummings Sibert, each retired as Major Generals in the Army and two grandsons and a great-grandson have been in the Army.
An 1884 graduate of West Point, he was an engineer, who built bridges in the Midwest; saw service in the Philippines and assisted in building the Panama Canal (for the latter he was promoted to Brigadier General and given the Thanks of Congress on march 4, 1915).
After commanding the 1st Division in France during World War I, he returned to the United States and served as Director of Chemical Warfare Service.
He retired from the Army in 1920 and from 1923 to 1933 was manager of the Alabama State Docks Commission, which constructed the Ocean Terminal at Mobile. In 1928 Congress appointed him Chairman of a board to investigate and report on the Boulder Dam Project.
He died at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1935 at the age of 75, and was buried in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.
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MAJOR GEN US ARMY RET
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