Courtesy of Michael
Stein:
Rene Eward DeRussy Hoyle
Major General, US. Army
Born in New York September 16, 1883
Died November 1, 1981
Cadet, U.S. Military Academy 1902-06
graduated as No. 4516, Class of 1906
2nd Lieutenant 1906
1st Lieutenant 1907
Captain 1916
Major 1917
Lieutenant Colonel 1918
Colonel 1918
Captain 1920
Major 1920
Lieutenant Colonel 1930
Colonel 1937
Brigadier General (AUS) 1940
Served with 6th Field Artillery 1907-09
Student, Mounted Service School 1909-10
Served with 6th Field Artillery 1910-11
Aide-de-Camp to Colonel A.B. Dyer 1911
Battalion Quartermaster & Commissary,
6th Field Artillery 1911-12
Battery Commander, 6th Field Artillery 1912-13
Student, School of Fire
for Field Artillery 1913 Post & Regimental
Signal Officer, Fort Riley
1913-14 Battery Commander, 6th Field Artillery
1914-16
Served with 1st Field Artillery 1916-17
Brigade Adjutant, 1st Brigade, 1st Field Artillery
1917
Commanding Officer, 1st Field Artillery 1917
Instructor, School of Fire for Field Artillery
1917
Secretary & Disbursing Officer, School
of Fire for Field Artillery 1917-18
Assistant Commandant, School of Fire for Field
Artillery 1918-19
Student, Army Center of Artillery Studies,
Treves, France, 1919
Served with Office of Chief of Field Artillery
1919
Professor (Military Science & Tactics),
Yale University 1919-23
Student, Command & General Staff School
1923-24
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 16th Field
Artillery 1924-26
Acting Commanding Officer, 16th Field Artillery
July-August 1925 & 1925-26
Student, Army War College 1926-27
Member, G-3 Division, Army General Staff 1927-31
Commanding Officer, 1st Field Artillery &
School Troops, Fort Sill 1930
Executive Officer & Instructor, Field
Artillery School 1930-31
Instructor, Field Artillery School 1931-35
Personnel Officer, Office of Chief of Field
Artillery 1935-37
Executive Officer to Chief of Field Artillery
1937-39
Commanding Officer, 6th Field Artillery &
Fort Hoyle 1939-40
Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division
1940-42
Commanding General, Field Artillery Replacement
Center, Camp Roberts
1942-45
Retired as Major General August 31, 1945
Rene Edward DeRussy Hoyle was born in 1883 and graudated
from the United States Military Academy in 1906. He married Christine
Guilfoyle and they had at least two sons: Rene Edward DeRussy Hoyle,
Jr. (1935-1935) who is buried in Section 15 of Arlington National Cemetery
(where many other military children are buried) and John Guilfoyle Hoyle
(1916-1986) who is buried with them in Section 3.
They are buried near the General's parents
(Eli DuBose and Franny DeRussy Hoyle).
Eli D. Hoyle (Class of 1875) married the daughter of a
former Superintendent of West Point while a student officer at the Artillery
School. Which former Superintendent was his wife's father??
Answer: Rene E. DeRussy, Class of 1812, Superintendent, 1833-1838.
DeRussy had several daughters late in life. Thus, the 63-year difference
in age between father-in-law and son-in-law. Hoyle married Fanny
DeRussy and had a son who graduated in the Clas of 1906, 94 years between
grandfather and grandson. Hoyle was also the great-grandfather of
a member of the Class of 1961.
Webmaster: Michael
Robert Patterson
HOYLE, RENE EDWARD DERUSSY JR
S/O RENE EDWARD
DATE OF DEATH: 03/10/1935
DATE OF INTERMENT: 03/15/1935
BURIED AT: SECTION FORT SITE 17-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
SON OF RED HOYLE - LT COL FIELD ART
HOYLE, CHRISTINE G W/O RENE DE R
DATE OF BIRTH: 10/31/1888
DATE OF DEATH: 10/17/1967
DATE OF INTERMENT: 10/20/1967
BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 4445 LH
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
WIFE OF RED HOYLE - MG U. S. A.
Posted: 14 October 2004 Updated: 16
January 2005 Updated: 19 October 2007
