Timeline
Birth- 26/03/1914
Saxon, South Carolina
1775 - 2099Other Service- Age: 22 years
Conflict Period
Other Service
Organization
Army
Organization Code
ARMY
Branch
Army
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment- 12/06/1936-Age: 22 years
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 58 - 22 years
Service Start Date
1/01/1936
Conflict Period
Other Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant (1936) to General (1965)
Service End Date
1/01/1972
Branch
Army
Served For
United States of America
1939 - 1945World War II
Served For
United States of America
WW2 Service Fact
Served as Chief of Staff from 12OCT44 to end of WW2
Service Number
020223
Service Number
O-20223
Branch
Army
Rank
Colonel (1944, temporary)
Conflict Period
World War II
Marriage- 1/01/1947-Age: 33 years
Katherine S. Van Deusen
1950 - 1953Korean War
Commands held
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
Branch
Army
Rank
Brigadier General (1952, temporary)
Conflict Period
Korean War
Served For
United States of America
1955 - 1975Vietnam War
Conflict Period
Vietnam War
Rank
General
Branch
Army
Commands held
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV); Chief of Staff of the US Army
Served For
United States of America
Employment: Employer
US Military Academy
Employment: Place
West Point, NY
Employment: Position
Superintendent
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1960
Employment: End Date
1/01/1963
Employment: End Date
1/01/1972
Employment: Employer
US Army
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1968
Employment: Position
Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Employment: Start Date
1/01/1964
Employment: Position
Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (COMUSMACV)
Employment: End Date
1/01/1968
Education: Place
West Point, NY
Education: To
1/01/1936
Education: Institution
US Military Academy
Social Security Number
***-**-1893
Gender
Male
Death- 18/07/2005-Age: 91 years
Natural
Charleston, South Carolina
Other Facts
Full Name
William Westmoreland
Mother
Eugenia Talley Childs
Father
James Ripley Westmoreland
Full Name
William Childs Westmoreland
Also known as
Westy