Covell, William Edward Raab

Date of birth:: November 29th, 1892 (District Of Columbia, United States)
Date of death:: August 16th, 1975 (Fort Ord/California, United States)
Nationality:: American

Biography

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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General
Unit:: Chief of Fuels & Lubricants Division, Office of the Quartermaster-General, U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

"Major General William Edward Raab Covell (ASN: 0-3768), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Chief of Fuels & Lubricants Division, Office of the Quartermaster-General, in 1943."

War Department, General Orders No. 4

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major General
Unit:: Services of Supply, China-Burma-India Theater (CBI), U.S. Army
Awarded on:: 1945

"Major General William Edward Raab Covell (ASN: 0-3768), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General Services of Supply, US China-Burma-India Theater of Operations from 1944 to 1945."

War Department, General Orders No. 48
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Second DSM received as Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster