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Robert Danford graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1904. He served as fifth Chief of Field Artillery, and upon completion of the customary four-year term as chief of the arm retired from active duty on February 28, 1942 as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Regiment:

    Field Artillery Replacement Depot

    Division:

    Camp Jackson, South Carolina

    Action Date:

    World War I

    War Department, General Orders No. 47 (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 Brigadier General Robert Melville Danford, 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 on duty in the Office of the Chief of Field Artillery, General Danford displayed marked ability in planning the organization of field artillery replacement depots. He then proceeded to Camp Jackson, South Carolina, established this depot, and administered it during the remainder of the war with rare ability and judgment.