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Edward
Clinton
Gillette
Jr.
1900-07-25

–

1986-03-14

Born:

, 

Pennsylvania

Edward Gillette graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1920. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Signal Corps)

    Action Date:

    January 1946 – July 1964
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 28 (August 24, 1964)

    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 (Signal Corps) Edward Clinton Gillette, Jr. (ASN: 0-12697), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility at the United States Military Academy at West Point, during the period from January 1946 through July 1964.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Signal Corps)

    Division:

    Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force

    Action Date:

    1944
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Signal Corps) Edward Clinton Gillette, Jr. (ASN: 0-12697), 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 with the Signal Division, Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force , in 1944.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Signal Corps)

    Division:

    1st Allied Airborne Army

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1945
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Signal Corps) Edward Clinton Gillette, Jr. (ASN: 0-12697), 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 Signal Officer, 1st Allied Airborne Army, from 1944 to 1945.