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Elbert
Lewis
Ford
1892-12-02

–

1990-02-25

Born:

, 

Connecticut

Elbert Ford graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of April 1917. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1946
    War Department, General Orders No. 9 (1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Elbert Lewis Ford (ASN: 0-5251), 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 Chief of Maintenance Division, Field Service, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, from 1944 to 1946.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1943 – 1944
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Elbert Lewis Ford (ASN: 0-5251), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of Staff, North African Theater of Operations from 1943 to 1944.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Action Date:

    1937 – 1942
    War Department, General Orders No. 57 (1943)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Elbert Lewis Ford (ASN: 0-5251), 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 as Assistant to Works Manager, Springfield Armory, Massachusetts, from 1937 to 1942.