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Robert
Francis
McDermott
July 31,1920

–

August 28, 2006

Born:

Boston

, 

Massachusetts

Home:

, 

Massachusetts

Buried: 

San Antonio

, 

Texas

Cemetery:

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery

Robert McDermott graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of January 1943. He retired in 1968 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Air Force Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    U.S. Air Force Academy

    Action Date:

    1956 – 1962
    Department of the Air Force, General Orders No. G-114 (November 9, 1962)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (Army Design) to Brigadier General Robert Francis McDermott (ASN: 0-25540), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy, from 1956 to 1962. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McDermott and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

  • Air Force Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Division:

    U.S. Air Force Academy

    Action Date:

    1962 – 1968
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Robert Francis McDermott (ASN: 0-25540), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Dean of Faculty, U.S. Air Force Academy, from 1962 to 1968. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McDermott culminate a long and distinguished career in the service of his country and his dedicated contributions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Major (Air Corps)

    Regiment:

    474th Fighter Group

    Division:

    9th Air Force

    Action Date:

    1944 – 1945
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Major (Air Corps) Robert Francis McDermott (ASN: 0-25540), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as S-3 (Operations), 474th Fighter Group, NINTH Air Force, from 1944 to 1945. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General McDermott and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.