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Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr. | |
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Born | Nashville, Tennessee, US | August 8, 1888
Died | February 13, 1973 Atlanta, Georgia, US | (aged 84)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1910–1950 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Service number | 0-3030 |
Unit | Infantry Branch |
Commands | Third Army XIII Corps 3rd Armored Division 2nd Armored Brigade 66th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) |
Battles / wars | Mexican Border Campaign World War I Russian Civil War World War II |
Awards | Distinguished Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit Bronze Star |
Relations | Lieutenant General Alvan Cullem Gillem II (son) |
Lieutenant General Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr. (August 8, 1888 – February 13, 1973) was a United States Army officer who came from a family with a long military tradition and served in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II. Gillem commanded the XIII Corps (United States), Ninth United States Army in the European Theater of Operations from September 1944 to September 1945.