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Oscar
Nathaniel
Solbert
January 22, 1885

–

April 16, 1958

Oscar Solbert graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1910. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 124 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Oscar Nathaniel Solbert, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, while serving as Military AttachŽ at Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1943 – 1945

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Oscar Nathaniel Solbert, 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 as Chief of Special & Morale Services, European Theater of Operations from 1943 to 1945.