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Kenneth
Shearer
Sweany
1902-07-13

–

1992-08-08

Born:

Baltimore

, 

Maryland

Home:

Baltimore

, 

Maryland

Buried: 

West Point

, 

New York

Cemetery:

U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery

Kenneth Shearer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1923. He retired in 1955 as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    41st Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, I Corps, General Orders No. 25 (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 Colonel (Infantry) Kenneth Shearer Sweany, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Chief of Staff of the 41st Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations, in 1944. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Colonel Sweany, 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.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Regiment:

    Artillery

    Division:

    X Corps

    Action Date:

    1951 – 1952
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Brigadier General Kenneth Shearer Sweany, United States Army, was awarded a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third 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 General of the TENTH Corps Artillery in Korea, from 1951 to 1952.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    41st Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, 41st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 23 (1944)

    (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 Silver Star to Colonel (Infantry) Kenneth Shearer Sweany, United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Chief of Staff of the 41st Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the Pacific Theater of Operations, in 1944. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Colonel Sweany, 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.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    41st Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Kenneth Shearer Sweany, 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 Chief of Staff of the 41st Infantry Division from 1942 to 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    41st Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945
    Unites States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Kenneth Shearer Sweany, 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 of the 41st Infantry Division from 1942 to 1945.