Frank A. Keating
- February 4, 1895 Born, New York City
- May 18, 1915 Entered Military Service
- April 28, 1917 Commissioned as First Lieutenant
- 1917-1918 Served in Combat in France
- July 30, 1918 Promoted to Captain
- 1918 Assigned as instructor at the Infantry Weapons School in Chatillion-Sur-Seine, France
- December 30, 1919 Honorably discharged
- July 1, 1920 Received commission as First Lieutenant and promoted to Captain
- 1921-1922 Student in the Company Officers’ Course at Fort Benning, Georgia
- 1922-1924 Instructor for Iowa and Minnesota National Guards
- 1924 Sent to Japan and the Philippines
- 1927-1929 Served with 3rd Infantry at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- 1929 Sent to Hawaii
- May 24, 1933 Promoted to Major
- 1934-1938 Served with Organized reserves in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio
- 1937 Cited for outstanding accomplishment during Ohio River flood
- 1939 Graduated from Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- 1939 Assigned to 15th Infantry at Camp Lewis, Washington. Served with Major Mark Clark and Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1941 Assigned to Operations and Training division of the War Department General Staff
- December 11, 1941 Promoted to Colonel
- December 1941 Assigned as Chief of Staff of 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- 1942 Called to Washington and assigned by Chief of Army Ground Forces to organize an Amphibious Training Center at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
- July 27, 1942 Promoted to Brigadier General
- January 20, 1944 Assumed command of the 102nd Infantry
- July 2, 1945 Promoted to Major General
- May 1945-January1946 Served as Military Governor of Germany
- 1946-1948 Assigned as Commander of Troops in Berlin, Deputy Military Governor of the U.S. Zone of Germany and Deputy to General Lucius Clay of
- the Allied Control Council
- 1948 Assigned as Commanding General, 1st Service Command, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1950 Appointed Chief U.S. Military Advisor to Korea
- August 31, 1950 Retired
- April 28, 1973 Died at age 78
KEATING, FRANK A
- MG USA
- VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
- DATE OF BIRTH: 02/04/1893
- DATE OF DEATH: 04/28/1973
- DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/02/1973
- BURIED AT: SECTION 5 SITE 7033 RH
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.
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