Courtesy of Michael Stein:
Brigadier General Matthew Henry Kingman, USMC
Second Lieutenant 1913
Captain 1917
Colonel 1938
Retired 1940
Recalled as Brigadier General 1942
Commanding Officer, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 6th Regiment, AEF 1918-19 Served with Marine Corps Recruiting Office, New Orleans 1919-21 Instructor, Marine Corps Schools 1921-22 Served in Haiti 1923-26 Served in Nicaragua 1927 Commanding Officer, 3rd Regiment 1937 Executive Officer, 2nd Brigade 1938-39 Ret. 1940 Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego 1942 Tactical Instructor, 2nd Marine Division 1942-44 Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego 1944 Served with OSS 1944 Ret. 1944
Silver Star – Purple Heart
Born in Iowa, 1 Mar 1890 and died 16 Nov 1946.
General Kingman was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Nina Reeves Kingman (1891-1928) is buried with him.
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KINGMAN, MATTHEW HENRY
BRIG GEN USMC
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/16/1946
- BURIED AT: SECTION 6 SITE 8366
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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