Courtesy of Michael
Stein:
Bonestell, Charles Hartwell III
General US. Army
Born in New York, September 26, 1909
Died in Alexandria, Virginia October 13, 1977
Second Lieutenant 1931
First Lieutenant 1935
Captain 1940
Major 1942
Lieutenant Colonel 1942
Colonel 1944
Lieutenant Colonel 1948
Colonel 1953
Brigadier General 1954
Major General
Lieutenant General 1962
General 1966
Cadet, U.S. Military Academy 1927-31
Company Commander, 4th Engineers 1934-36
Assistant to District Engineer, San Francisco
1936
Military Assistant to District Engineer, 2d
Portland District 1936-38
Student, Engineer School 1938-39 Company Commander,
5th Engineers
1939-41 Executive Officer, 5th Engineers 1941-42
Assistant Chief Engineer, US. Forces, United
Kingdom 1942
Deputy Chief Engineer, 15th Army Group 1943
Served with G-3 (Plans) Section, ETO 1943
Served with G-3 (Plans) Section, 12th Army
Group 1943-44
Served with Army General Staff 1944-47
Special Assistant to Under-Secretary of State
1947-48
Military Attaché to France 1948-50
Executive Director, European Co-Ordination
Committee 1950-52
Student, National War College 1952-53
Special Assistant (National Security Affairs)
to the Secretary of Defense 1953-56
Assistant Division Commander, 24th Infantry
Division 1956-57 Assistant
Division Commander, 1st Cavalry Division 1957-58
Secretary of the Army
General Staff 1958-60 Assistant to the Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff 1960-61
Commanding General, 2d Infantry Division 1961-62
Commanding General, VII Corps 1962-63
Director of Special Studies, Office of the
Chief of Staff 1963-66
Army Member, United Nations Military Staff
Committee 1966
Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command
Korea & Commanding General, 8th
US. Army 1966-69
Retired 1969
Distinguished Service Medal (2); Legion of
Merit (2)
General Charles H. Bonesteel, III, Commander of U. S.
Forces In Korea 1 September 1966 to 30 September 1969.
His father, Charles
Hartwell Bonesteel, Major General, United States Army, is buried nearly
in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
BONESTEEL, CHARLES H III
General, United States Army
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown - 10/01/1969
DATE OF BIRTH: 09/26/1909
DATE OF DEATH: 10/12/1977
DATE OF INTERMENT: 10/17/1977
BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1519-C
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
BONESTEEL, ALICE P
DATE OF BIRTH: 12/04/1908
DATE OF DEATH: 04/17/1993
DATE OF INTERMENT: 04/23/1993
BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1519-C
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF CH BONESTEEL III
Photo Courtesy of Russell C.
Jacobs, August 2006
Posted: 1 October 2004
Updated: 17 October 2004 Updated: 18 February 2005 Updated: 18 August
2006
