Don Gilmore Shingler – Brigadier General, United States Army

DON G. SHINGLER, 67, EX-GENERAL IN ARMY

WASHINGTON, October 31, 1963 – Brigadier Don Gilmore Shingler who was in charge of supply for the amphibious section of the First Army during the invasion o Normandy, died on Tuesday in Walter Reed Hospital.  He was 67 years old.

General Shingler who was born in Perry, New York, was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In World War II, he was first sent to Iran to direct the establishment of a supply route into the Soviet Union.  Shortly after participating in the Normandy landings he was injured in a truck accident and returned to the United States.

Later, he was Chief Engineer of the United States forces in Europe and then worked on construction projects in the Marshall Islands as part of the Atomic Energy Commission’s tests.

In 1951, General Shingler returned to this country and was named Missouri River Division engineer.  He directed the battle against severe floods in the early nineteen-fifties.

SHINGLER, DON GILMORE
B/GEN US ARMY
DATE OF BIRTH: 10/25/1896
DATE OF DEATH: 10/29/1963
BURIED AT: SECTION 2  SITE 4735-A R
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

SHINGLER, BEATRICE CLARK WIDOW OF DON GILMORE
DATE OF BIRTH: 08/22/1891
DATE OF DEATH: 02/01/1970
BURIED AT: SECTION 2  SITE 4735-A R
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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