Ewing E. Booth - Major General, United States Army

Major General Ewing E. Booth

Born February 28, 1870 in Bower Mills, Missouri
Died February 19, 1949

Captain (USV) 1898
1st Lieutenant 1901
Captain 1904
Major 1917
Brigadier General (NA) 1918
Colonel 1920
Brigadier General 1924
Major General 1929

Served with 7th Cavalry Regiment 1901-04
Served with 10th Cavalry Regiment 1904-05
Served with 7th Cavalry Regiment 1905-15
Aide-de-Camp to Major General J. Franklin Bell 1912-15
Served with 1st Cavalry Regiment 1915-17
Chief of Staff, Eastern Department 1917
Chief of Staff, 77th Division 1917-18
Commanding General, 8th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division 1918-19
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 (Personnel), Service of Supply, AEF 1919
Chief of Staff, Service of Supply, AEF & Chief of Staff, American Forces in France 1919-20
Deputy Allied High Commissioner to Armenia January-June 1920
Assistant Commandant, General Service Schools 1920-21
Director, General Service Schools 1921-23
Commander, 1st & 4th Cavalry Brigades 1922-24
Commandant, Cavalry School 1925-27
Assistant Army Chief of Staff G-4 (Supply) 1927-30
Deputy Army Chief of Staff (October-December) 1930
Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division 1931-32
Commander, Philippine Department 1932-33
Retired February 28, 1934

Ewing E. Booth of Missouri. Born in 1870
Appointed from Colorado, 1st Colorado Infantry, 1 May 1898
Honorably mustered out 14 July 1899
Captain, 36th United States Volunteer Infantry, 5 July 1899
Honorably mustered out, 16 March 1901
First Lieuenant, 7th Untied States Cavalry, 2 February 1901

General Booth died in 1949 and was buried in Section 7 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Elizabeth Williams Booth (1870-1943) is buried with him.

BOOTH, EWING E
United States Army
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 02/19/1949
DATE OF INTERMENT: 02/23/1949
BURIED AT: SECTION 7 SITE 10062-H
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

BOOTH, ELIZABETH W
DATE OF DEATH: 01/26/1943
DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/26/1943
BURIED AT: SECTION 7 SITE 10062-IL
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF EE BOOTH

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