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Briant
Harris
Wells
December 5, 1871

–

June 10, 1949

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Briant Wells graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1894. He retired in 1935 as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    4th Army Corps, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 62 (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 Briant Harris Wells, 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 Chief of Staff of the 4th Army Corps while it was in the front line in the Woevre, General Wells displayed military attainments of a high order in the planning of operations. Both then and subsequently, during the march to the Rhine and the occupation of German territory, his service was marked by tireless zeal, excellent judgment, and whole-hearted devotion to the performance of important tasks.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    June 22 – July 17, 1898
    U.S. Military Academy Register of Graduates

    First Lieutenant (Infantry) Briant Harris Wells, United States Army, was cited for gallantry in action in the Santiago de Cuba Campaign, 22 June to 17 July 1898.