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Thiele, Claude Martin (US Brigadier-General)

    Date of birth:
    September 25th, 1888 (Danville/Kentucky, United States)
    Date of death:
    October 25th, 1976 (Polk/Florida, United States)
    Buried on:
    Arlington National Cemetery
    Plot: 30. Grave: 1862.
    Nationality:
    American (1776 - present, Republic)

    Biography

    Promotions:
    01.08.1935: Lieutenant-Colonel
    16.10.1940: Colonel (Army of the United States)
    01.12.1940: Colonel
    07.04.1941: Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
    31.01.1946: termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

    Career:
    09.08.1936-06.09.1938: Post Commander Fort MacArthur, California
    29.08.1936-06.09.1938: Commanding Officer 63rd Coast Artillery Regiment
    01.08.1940-10.02.1941: Commanding Officer 77th Coast Artillery Regiment
    20.02.1941-00.06.1942: Commanding Officer 34th Coast Artillery Brigade
    00.06.1944-00.08.1944: Chief Anti-Aircraft Officer Army Service Forces, US European Theater of Operations
    00.08.1944-00.04.1944: Anti-Aircraft Officer 12th Army Group
    00.09.1948: Retired

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Brigadier General
    Unit:
    ?
    Awarded on:
    October 8th, 1945

    Royal decree no.31
    Commandeur in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.3)

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