William Robert Dashiell Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Appointed Cadet, United States Military Academy, 15 Jun 1884 (38) Additional Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, 11 June 1888 Second Lieutenant, 17th U. S. Infantry, 15 July 1888 Transferred to the 8th U. S. Infantry, 3 January 1895 First Lieutenant, 24th U. S. Infantry, 4 December 1895 Captain, 25 April 1899 Commandant of Cadets, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1909 According to the local newspaper, The Norfolk Virginian Pilot dated 19 March 1939, the General died on a Thursday night in Atlanta, Georgia. The paper states that he was the commanding officer of the Eleventh Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division in the World War. Another news article in the same paper dated March 22 states that his parents were natives of Isle of Wight County, Virginia and that during the War Between the States they were refugees in Mecklenburg County, (Virginia) when he was born in 1863. He resided for a number of years in Norfolk, Virginia, and received his appointment to West Point while living in Norfolk. He was related to a local family here by the last name of Cowling.
DASHIELL, WILLIAM R BRIG GEN USA RET DATE OF DEATH: 03/16/1939 BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH SITE 2587 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DASHIELL, IDA PEARSON WID/O WM R
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