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Marshall
Sylvester
Carter

Born:

, 

Virginia

Marshall Carter graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1931. He retired as a U.S. Army Lieutenant General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant General

    Action Date:

    1969
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant General Marshall Sylvester Carter (ASN: 0-18359), United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    North American Air Defense

    Action Date:

    November 1956 – November 1959
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 43 (December 4, 1959)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Brigadier General Marshall Sylvester Carter (ASN: 0-18359), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of Staff, North American Air Defense, from November 1956 to November 1959.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General [then Colonel]

    Action Date:

    March 20, 1946 – January 21, 1947
    War Department, General Orders No. 52 (June 10, 1947)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General [then Colonel] Marshall Sylvester Carter (ASN: 0-18359), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility from 20 March 1946 to 21 January 1947. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Carter reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 92 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Marshall Sylvester Carter (ASN: 0-18359), United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as a member of the War Department General Staff from 1942 to 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Action Date:

    1945
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Marshall Sylvester Carter (ASN: 0-18359), 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 in 1945.