Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
George
Washington
Goethals
June 29, 1858

–

January 21, 1928

Cemetery:

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery

George Goethals graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1880. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General in 1919.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Division:

    Division of Purchase, Storage, and Traffic

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 144 (1918)

    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 Major General George Washington Goethals, 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, in reorganizing the Quartermaster Department and in organizing and administering the Division of Purchase, Storage, and Traffic during the war.