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MG Roger Weed Eckfeldt

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MG Roger Weed Eckfeldt

Birth
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
30 Oct 1985 (aged 93)
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Glen Avenue Lot 6798
Memorial ID
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2nd child of New Bedford Friends Academy Principal Thomas Hooper Eckfeldt and Grace Blanchard Weed.
Harvard College, A.B., Class of 1913
Resided in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA
Engaged April 1917 to Dorothy Turnbull, daughter of Mrs. F.M. Turnbull of Cambridge, MA.
May 1917 Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, 2nd MA Field Artillery Served in Chemin des Dames sector, Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, during World War I. Commanded successively Batteries B, A and D of 102nd Field Artillery. Promoted to Captain Feb 1918.
Resided in Belmont, Middlesex Co, MA
Vice President of James Millar Co, manufacturer of women's shoes
Massachusetts Army National Guard ("MA ARNG") officer:
1928 - 1934, Commanding Officer, 102nd Field Artillery Regiment, Salem, MA
1934 - 1939, Commanding Officer, 51st Field Artillery Brigade
1939 - 1943, Appointed by Governor Leverett Saltonstall Adjutant General, MA ARNG, and promoted to Major General, MA Army National Guard
1941 - 1943, Commanding General 26th ("Yankee") Division
1943 - 1945, Member, War Department Dependence Board

Bio courtesy of Col. H.A. Burnham, USAF(Ret)
2nd child of New Bedford Friends Academy Principal Thomas Hooper Eckfeldt and Grace Blanchard Weed.
Harvard College, A.B., Class of 1913
Resided in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, MA
Engaged April 1917 to Dorothy Turnbull, daughter of Mrs. F.M. Turnbull of Cambridge, MA.
May 1917 Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, 2nd MA Field Artillery Served in Chemin des Dames sector, Meuse-Argonne offensive, France, during World War I. Commanded successively Batteries B, A and D of 102nd Field Artillery. Promoted to Captain Feb 1918.
Resided in Belmont, Middlesex Co, MA
Vice President of James Millar Co, manufacturer of women's shoes
Massachusetts Army National Guard ("MA ARNG") officer:
1928 - 1934, Commanding Officer, 102nd Field Artillery Regiment, Salem, MA
1934 - 1939, Commanding Officer, 51st Field Artillery Brigade
1939 - 1943, Appointed by Governor Leverett Saltonstall Adjutant General, MA ARNG, and promoted to Major General, MA Army National Guard
1941 - 1943, Commanding General 26th ("Yankee") Division
1943 - 1945, Member, War Department Dependence Board

Bio courtesy of Col. H.A. Burnham, USAF(Ret)


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