James H. Stratton | |
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![]() James H. Stratton in 1944 | |
Born | Stonington, Connecticut, United States | 7 June 1898
Died | 16 March 1984 Washington, D.C., United States | (aged 85)
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, United States |
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Years of service | 1917–1949 |
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Service number | 0-12656[1] |
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Children | 4 |
Brigadier General James Hobson Stratton (7 June 1898 − 16 March 1984) was a United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. Between the wars he was involved in the construction of the Conchas Dam and the John Martin Reservoir. During World War II he was the Chief of Engineering in the Office of Chief of Engineers and the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4) of Communications Zone in the European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), the staff officer responsible for logistics planning. After the war he became a partner in Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy-Stratton, a consulting engineering firm in New York, and directed the construction of the Tarbela Dam in Pakistan, the world's largest embankment dam, and the design of the Eisenhower Tunnel, the highest tunnel in the United States.