(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General William Edgar Read, 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 Division Engineer, Lower Mississippi, and as President, Mississippi River Commission, from 1980 to 1984.
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Legion of Merit
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Legion of Merit
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Legion of Merit
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General William Edgar Read, 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 Commanding Officer, 15th Engineer Combat Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1966 to 1967.
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Legion of Merit
United States Military Academy Register of Graduates(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General William Edgar Read, 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, Support command, 4th Infantry Division, and Task Force IVY, in the Republic of Vietnam, from 1970 to 1971.