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Louis
Watkins
Prentiss
Jr.

Born:

Washington

, 

D. C.

Louis Prentiss graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1950. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1979 – 1981
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Louis Watkins Prentiss, Jr., United States Army, was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, Fort Leonard Wood, from 1979 to 1981.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1962 – 1965
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Louis Watkins Prentiss, Jr., 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 Inter-American Geodetic Survey, in Peru from 1962 to 1965.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1971 – 1973
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Louis Watkins Prentiss, Jr., United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as District Engineer, Baltimore, from 1971 to 1973.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1968
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Louis Watkins Prentiss, Jr., 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 Commanding Officer, 169th Engineer Combat Battalion, and Headquarters, 20th Engineer Brigade, in the Republic of Vietnam, in 1968.