William Ayres Borden – Brigadier General, United States Army

William Ayres Borden (1890-1967)

Born in San Antonio, Texas on March 20, 1890. M.E. from Cornell in 1912.

Commissioned in the Ordnance in 1918. Graduated from the Army Industrial College in 1925. MBA from Harvard in 1928. Graduated from the Army War College in 1933. Brigadier General in January 1944. Director of New Development Division in the War Department and member of the joint Committee on new weapons and equipment, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1944-1946.

Retired as a colonel in August 1946. Decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit.  Died on September 23, 1967.

BORDEN, WILLIAM AYRES 

• Brigadier General, United States Army
• DATE OF BIRTH: 03/20/1890
• DATE OF DEATH: 09/15/1967
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 4173-C
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

BORDEN, DOROTHY A

• DATE OF BIRTH: 01/25/1891
• DATE OF DEATH: 04/21/1976
• BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 4173-C
  ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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