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Lemuel Mathewson | |
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![]() General Mathewson in Berlin c. 1951 | |
Born | Bath, New York | March 29, 1899
Died | February 26, 1970 70) Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C. | (aged
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1918–1958 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | Sixth United States Army V Corps United States Communications Zone, Orléans, France United States Berlin Command 11th Airborne Division Artillery XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit (3) Bronze Star Medal Order of Alexander Nevsky (USSR) |
Other work | Chairman, Inter-American Defense Board |
Lemuel Mathewson (March 29, 1899 – February 26, 1970) was a United States Army lieutenant general.
Mathewson was born in Bath, New York on March 29, 1899. [1] A 1917 graduate of Bath's Haverling High School, [2] he graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1922 and was commissioned as an artillery officer. [3]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Mathewson served in a variety of assignments in the United States and overseas, including graduate student in Madrid, Spain, professor of Spanish at the United States Military Academy, instructor at the Fort Sill, Oklahoma Field Artillery School, and special projects officer in Latin America. [4] [5] [6] [7]
From 1938 to 1939, Mathewson attended the Command and General Staff College. [8] [9]
Mathewson's awards included the Army Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal [26] and the Order of Alexander Nevsky from the Soviet Union. [27]
Mathewson served as Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board from 1958 to 1961. [28] [29] [30]
After retiring from the IADB Mathewson resided in McLean, Virginia. He died at Walter Reed Army Hospital on February 26, 1970. [31] General Mathewson was buried in Section III Site A-24 of the West Point Cemetery. [32]
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