Andrew Pick O'Meara - Arlington VA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 7A Site 43

Description: From Find A Grave: US Army General. A combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he rose in rank to become Commander-in-Chief of US Southern Command and US Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group. Following his graduation from high school, he received an appointment to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1926 and graduated in June 1930 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant of Field Artillery. From 1930 through 1940 he served in a variety of assignments, including a physics instructor at West Point. In 1941 he served as a battery commander in the 4th Armored Division and after the US entered World War II in December, he became commander of the 94th Field Artillery Battalion. He saw combat action in the European Theater of Operations during World War II and by war's end he was the Assistant Artillery Commander of the US Army's 7th Corps. In 1945 he was a student at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from 1951 to 1952 he attended the National War College at Fort McNair, Washington DC. In 1952 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and assigned to Korea as the Artillery Commander of the 7th Infantry Division and later the artillery commander of the 9th US Army Corps. In December 1954 he was promoted to the rank of major general and was assigned as the Director of Research and Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics in Washington DC. In August 1957 he became the Commanding General of the 4th US Army's Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas and two years later he was assigned to France as Director of Military Assistance, US European Command. In 1961 he was assigned to Fort Armador, Panama as Commander-in-Chief of the US Caribbean Command. In June 1963 he was promoted to the rank of general and became Commander-in-Chief of US Southern Command at Fort Amador. In March 1965 he returned to Europe as Commander-in-Chief US Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group in Frankfurt, Germany and he retired at those positions in May 1967 with 37 years of continuous military service. Among his military and foreign awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit (with two oak leaf clusters) the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster), the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with arrowhead device and five service stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the post-World War II Army of Occupation Medal (with "Germany" clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (with one service star), the Korean Service Medal (with three service stars), the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, and the United Nations Service Medal (Korea). He died from a stroke at the age of 98. Date of birth: 03/23/1907 Date of death: 09/30/2005 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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