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Robert
Hall
Safford
1913-09-08

–

1990-01-25

Born:

Leominster

, 

Massachusetts

Home:

Leominster

, 

Massachusetts

Buried: 

West Point

, 

New York

Cemetery:

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery

Robert Safford graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1936. He retired in 1970 as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    1969 – 1970
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Robert Hall Safford, 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 service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States from 1969 to 1968.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    I Corps Group, Korea

    Action Date:

    1965 – 1966
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Field Artillery) Robert Hall Safford, 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 Chief of Staff, FIRST Corps Group, Korea, from 1965 to 1966.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Regiment:

    Army Training Center

    Division:

    Fort Bliss

    Action Date:

    1966 – 1968
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Robert Hall Safford, 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, Army Training Center, Fort Bliss, from 1966 to 1968.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Batallion:

    310th Field Artillery Battalion

    Division:

    79th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, 79th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 35 (1944)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery) Robert Hall Safford, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the 310th Field Artillery Battalion, 79th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the European Theater of Operations, in 1944. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Safford, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.