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Ulysses
S.
Grant
, III
July 4, 1881

–

August 29, 1968

Ulysses Grant graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1903. He retired as a U.S. Army Major General.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major General

    Division:

    Capitol Park and Planning Commission

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1946

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major General Ulysses S. Grant, III, 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 Chairman, Capital Park and Planning Commission, from 1942 to 1946.

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    War Prisoners’ Commission, Berne, Switzerland

    Action Date:

    World War I
    War Department, General Orders No. 69 (1919)

    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 (Corps of Engineers) Ulysses S. Grant, III, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Secretary of the American section, Supreme War Council, Colonel Grant was entrusted with the most important duty of coordinating the work of the Joint Secretariat of the Supreme War Council and of the Joint Secretariat of the Military Representatives of the Supreme War Council, and as a member of the War Prisoners’ commission, Berne, Switzerland, he has rendered conspicuous service to the Government.