James R. Lindsay | |
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Born | Olney, Illinois, U.S. | August 12, 1865
Died | April 25, 1940 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 74)
Buried | |
Service | United States Army Organized Reserve Corps |
Years of service | 1890–1921 (Army) 1921–1932 (Reserve) |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Service number | 0-13498[1] |
Unit | U.S. Army Infantry Branch |
Commands | U.S. Army Detachment Pozorrubio Company H, 13th Infantry Regiment Casual Company, Fort McDowell 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Company L, 13th Infantry 3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry 62nd Infantry Regiment 15th Infantry Brigade, 8th Division 97th Division Camp Cody, New Mexico 42nd Infantry Regiment Springfield, Massachusetts Recruiting District |
Wars | Spanish–American War Philippine–American War United States occupation of Veracruz World War I |
Alma mater | United States Military Academy United States Army Command and General Staff College |
Spouse(s) |
Eva Miller (m. 1898–1940) |
Children | 2 |
Other work | Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Louisville Male High School |
James Robert Lindsay (August 12, 1865 – April 25, 1940) was a career officer in the United States Army. An 1890 graduate of the United States Military Academy, he was a veteran of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, United States occupation of Veracruz, and World War I. During the First World War, Lindsay was promoted to brigadier general as commander of the 97th Division at Camp Cody, New Mexico. After the war, he was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Organized Reserve Corps and served as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Kentucky's Louisville Male High School.