Carter Bowie Magruder - Arlington VA
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 38° 52.608 W 077° 04.266
18S E 320340 N 4305143
United States Army general who served concurrently as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army.
Waymark Code: WM12N1A
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2020
Views: 1
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 7A, Site 19
Description: He became the army's top logistician. Magruder was assigned as the leader of the planning division of the Army Service Forces, organizing worldwide logistic support for the U.S. war effort. He went to Italy in 1944 to serve as assistant Chief of Staff for logistics at Allied headquarters.
Staying in Europe after the end of the war, he became chief logistics officer of the army in Europe. He returned to the U.S. serving as a staff officer from 1949 to 1953, and also serving in the delegation negotiating the Japanese and Austrian peace treaties.
From 1955 to 1959, he was Assistant Chief of Staff of the Army for Logistics, the highest logistics position in the Army.
Promoted to full general in 1959, Magruder returned to Korea to command all United Nations and U.S. forces.
Date of birth: 04/03/1900
Date of death: 03/14/1988
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None
Fee required?: No
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