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Written by Frank Winston Coe of Kansas
Appointed from Kansas, Cadet US Military Academy, 1 September 1888 (8)
Additional Second Lieutenant, 1st US Artillery, 11 June 1892
Second Lieutenant, 13 July 1892
First Lieutenant, 2 March 1899
Artillery Corps, 2 February 1901
Captain 8 May 1901
Frank Winston Coe, initially the Chief of Staff of the 1st Division, was promoted in August 1917 and took command of the 1st Separate Brigade, Coast Artillery and the Railway Artillery Reserve of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
In May 1918 he returned to Washington to become Chief of Coast Artillery, a position he held until his retirement as a Major General in March 1926.
Major General Frank Winston Coe and Martha Sedgwick Pratt were married on 12 September 1923.
COE, FRANK W
MAJ/GEN US ARMY RTD
- DATE OF BIRTH: 11/27/1870
- DATE OF DEATH: 05/25/1947
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 1868A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
Reviewed by: Michael Howard