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Joseph
Alfred
Cranston
1898-09-08

–

1973-12-02

Born:

, 

Kansas

Joseph Cranston graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1919. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 98 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Joseph Alfred Cranston (ASN: 0-12465), 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 Commanding General Intermediate Section, US China-Burma-India Theater of Operations, from 1944 to 1945.