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Samuel
E.
Tillman

Samuel Tillman graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1869. He returned to West Point as the Superintendent of the Academy from 1917 to 1918, and was the last surviving member of his class.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 77 (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 Samuel E. Tillman, 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, as Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, during the period of the emergency from 1917 to 1918.