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Elton
Foster
Hammond
1896-02-04

–

1990-05-05

Born:

, 

Massachusetts

Elton Hammond graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1919. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1952 – 1954
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Elton Foster Hammond (ASN: 0-12291), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1952 to 1954.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    3d Army

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 73 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Field Artillery) Elton Foster Hammond (ASN: 0-12291), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Signal Officer of the THIRD Army, from 1944 to 1945.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    April 25, 1951 – June 19, 1954
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 61 (August 18, 1954)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Elton Foster Hammond (ASN: 0-12291), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility from 25 April 1951 to 19 June 1954.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1943
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Field Artillery) Elton Foster Hammond (ASN: 0-12291), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from 1942 to 1943.