John Luke Tiernon of Indiana
- Appointed from Missouri, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Artillery, 19 February 1862
- First Lieutenant, 20 January 1864
- Captain, 2 July 1877
- Major, 1st Artillery, 1 September 1896
- Lieuetnant Colonel, 5th Artillery, 15 July 1900
- Artillery Corps, 2 February 1901
- Colonel, 22 August 1901
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN LUKE TIERNON
BUFFALO, New York, March 30, 1910 – Brigadier General John Luke Tiernon, U.S.A., retired, died here tonight. General Tiernon was a native of Indiana, and was at one time a Speker of the House of Representatives of Dakota. He entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant of the Third Artillery of Missouri in 1862, retiring as a Brigadier General after forty years’ of continuous serice. He was in command of the light artillery in the Philippines in 1899-1900, and was the organizer and Chief of the Native Police Force in Manila.
TIERNON, JOHN L
- BG USA RET
- DATE OF DEATH: 03/30/1910
- BURIED AT: SECTION WD WS SITE 136B
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
TIERNON, HARRIET V W/O JOHN L
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/26/1912
- BURIED AT: SECTION W DIV SITE 136
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- WIFE OF JL TIERNON, BG USA RET
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