Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Carter
Bowie
Magruder
1900-04-03

–

1988-03-14

Born:

, 

England

Home:

Arlington

, 

Virginia

Buried: 

Arlington

, 

Virginia

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Carter Magruder graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1923. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (General Staff Corps)

    Action Date:

    April 8, 1943 – July 29, 1944
    War Department, General Orders No. 63 (August 5, 1944)

    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 Colonel (General Staff Corps) Carter Bowie Magruder (ASN: 0-15155), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Director of Planning Division, Army Service Forces, during the period from 8 April 1943 to 29 July 1944.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 88 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Carter Bowie Magruder (ASN: 0-15155), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of 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 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4), Mediterranean Theater of Operations from 1944 to 1945.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    General

    Division:

    VIII Army

    Action Date:

    November 1945 – June 1961
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 23 (July 19, 1961)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal to General Carter Bowie Magruder (ASN: 0-15155), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in duties of great responsibility from November 1945 to June 1961, culminating as Commanding General of the EIGHTH Army from 1959 to 1961.