Born February 13, 1884, in Delaware City, Delaware, Eugene Reybold was distinguished as the World War II Chief of Engineers who directed the largest Corps of Engineers in the nation’s history.
The General graduated from Delaware College in 1903. Commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1908, Reybold was assigned to military housing and coast defense construction work. Stationed at Fort Monroe throughout World War I, he became commandant of the Coast Artillery School.
He transferred to the Corps of Engineers in 1926 and served as District Engineer in Buffalo, New York; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Memphis, Tennessee. In the last assignment he successfully battled record Mississippi River flood crests.
He was Southwestern Division Engineer (1937-40) and War Department Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (1940-41).
Appointed Chief of Engineers shortly before Pearl Harbor, General Reybold directed the Corps’ tremendous range of activities throughout the war and was the first officer ever to rank as Lieutenant General while Chief of Engineers.
Reybold retired January 31, 1946, and died November 21, 1961, in Washington, D.C.
He was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
REYBOLD, EUGENE
- LTG US ARMY
- WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II
- DATE OF BIRTH: 02/13/1884
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/21/1961
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 2347 WS
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
REYBOLD, MARGARET MOORE
- DATE OF DEATH: 01/17/1933
- BURIED AT: SECTION 3 SITE 2347 ES
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF REYBOLD, EUGENE LTGEN US ARMY
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