Oswald Herbert Ernst Major General, United States Army |
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Appointed from Ohio, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1860 (6) Lieutenant of Engineers, 13 June 1864 Captain, 7 March 1867 Major, 5 May 1882 Breveted Cpatain, 13 March 1865 for faithful andmeritorious service in the war Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds with the rank of Colonel, 7 September 1889 to 31 march 1893 Superintendent, United States Military Academy with the rank of Colonel, 1 April 1893 to 3 June 1898 Lieutenant Colonel, Engineers, 31 March 1895 Brigadier General of United States Volunteers, 27 May 1898 Honorably discharged from the volunteer service, 12 June 1889 Colonel, Engineers, United States Army, 20 February 1903 MAJOR GENERAL OSWALD H. ERNST WASHINGTON, March 21, 1926 – Major General Oswald Herbert Ernst, USA, retired, died tonight at his home here after a heart attack. The General, who was nearing his eighty-fourth birthday, was born in Cincinnati, and had won recognition as an engineer in the Army. Funeral arrangement had not been completed tonight. Webmaster: Michael
Robert Patterson
ERNST, OSWALD H MAJ GEN USA RTD VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 03/21/1926 DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown BURIED AT: SECTION E CL SITE LOT 919 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Posted: 16 October 2004 Updated: 12 September 2006 Updated: 9 January 2008 Updated: 23 February 2009 |
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