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Edward
Michael
Powers
1892-09-04

–

1977-01-01

Born:

LeRoy

, 

Illinois

Home:

, 

Illinois

Buried: 

Arlington

, 

Virginia

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

In 1917 Edward Powers served as a Private First Class in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps Reserve, before being given a temporary commission in 1918. He was discharged in 1919, and subsequently commissioned in the Air Service in 1920. After serving in the Army Air Forces in World War II, he transferred to the U.S. Air Force when it became a separate branch of service in 1947. He retired in 1949 as a U.S. Air Force Major General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Major General [then Brigadier General]

    Action Date:

    May 1942 – October 1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 110 (November 27, 1945)

    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 Major General [then Brigadier General] Edward Michael Powers (ASN: 0-11319), United States Army Air Forces, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Army Air Forces Representative and as Administrator, Aircraft Scheduling Unit, Army Air Forces Materiel Center Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, from May 1942 to October 1943; as an Army member, Joint Production Survey Committee, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1943 to June 1944; Deputy Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Materiel, Maintenance and Distribution from June 1944 to May 1945; and as a member of the Joint-Army-Navy Postwar Army-Navy Training in Industrial Mobilization, Washington, D.C. , from May 1945 to October 1945. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Powers and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.

  • Air Force Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Major General

    Action Date:

    1947 – 1949
    Department of the Air Force, General Orders No. 22 (April 13, 1949)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force) to Major General Edward M. Powers (ASN: 0-11319), United States Air Force, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Deputy Chief of Staff for Materiel at U.S. Air Force Headquarters from 1947 to 1949. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of Major General Powers 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.