Geboortedatum:

22 juli 1893 (Salt Lake City/Utah, Verenigde Staten)

Overlijdensdatum:

26 februari 1975 (Coronado/California, Verenigde Staten)

Begraven op:

Arlington National Cemetery

Dienstnummer:

0-4415

Nationaliteit:

Amerikaanse (1776 - heden, Republiek)

Wilhelm Delp Styer werd op 22 juli 1893 geboren als zoon van Henry D. Styer en Bessie Styer-Wilkes. Hij huwde op 23 september 1918 met Dorothea Haeberle. Het echtpaar kreeg een zoon.

Bevorderingen:
13 juni 1916: 2nd Lieutenant;
?: 1st Lieutenant;
15 mei 1917: temporary Captain;
13 mei 1918: temporary Major;
16 februari 1920: Captain;
10 februari 1921: Major;
4 november 1922: Captain (reverted);
?: Major;
1 juni 1937: Lieutenant Colonel;
8 april 1941: Colonel;
10 maart 1942: Brigadier General;
8 augustus 1942: Major General;
7 november 1944: Lieutenant General.

Loopbaan:
14 juni 1912: United States Military Academy, West Point;
13 juni 1916: United States Army Corps of Engineers;
juli 1916: Assistant Instructor, New Jersey National Guard;
21 september 1916: Engineer Depot, Columbus;
5 oktober 1916: 2nd Regiment of Engineers;
november 1917: General Staff College, Langres, France;
?: Instructor, General Staff College, Langres, France;
juni 1918: Observer, British, 19th (Western) Division;
?: Staff, 3rd Division;
juli 1918: Operations Officer, 2nd Division/III. Corps;
1918: Officer Chief of Engineers, Washington;
maart 1919: U.S. Army Engineer School;
juni 1920: Massachusetts National Guard, Cambridge;
juni 1921: Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
juni 1922: Officer of the Chief of Engineers, Washington;
5 oktober 1925: Executive Officer / Assistant District Engineer, New York Engineer District;
16 juni 1926: District Engineer, New York Engineer District;
11 december 1928: Engineer Europe, American Battle Monuments Commission;
16 september 1931: District Engineer, Pittsburgh Engineer District;
19 mei 1936: Assistant Engineer, Maintenance Panama Canal;
4 september 1939: Army Industrial College;
3 augustus 1940: Commanding Officer, 8th Engineer Squadron;
24 november 1940: Executive Officer, Engineer Replacement Center;
12 december 1940: Deputy Commander, Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps;
9 maart 1942: Chief of Staff, Service of Supply;
13 augustus 1943: Deputy Commanding General, Army Service Forces;
mei 1945: Commanding General, Army Forces, Western Pacific;
29 april 1947: Pensioen.

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• Foto 1: US Army photo
• - MILLETT, J.D., The Army Service Forces, Center of Military History US Army, Washington, 1954.
  - OHL, J.K., Supplying the Troops, Northern Illinois University Press, 1994.
  - Wilhelm Styer - Recipient -
  

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