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A crew works to straighten grave stones at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 154.7 acres (62.6 ha), and as of 2014, had over 144,000 interments.
Lieutenant General Samuel Tankersley Williams (25 August 1897 –26 April 1984) was a senior United States Army officer.Williams became prominent in army history for being reduced in rank from brigadier general to colonel, and then resuscitating his career to again advance to general officer rank.
The significant contributions of Fort Sam Houston to the United States were recognized in 1975 when the post was designated as a National Historic Landmark. The Sundry Civil Service Bill of 3 March 1873 included a $100,000 allotment for a new army post in San Antonio, on 93 acres of land deeded by the city on Government Hill.
Carl Henry Jark (June 13, 1905 – March 22, 1984) was a United States Army Lieutenant General, whose final tour of duty before retirement was as the 1962–64 commanding general of IV Corps at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Clarke died June 10, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas and is buried at the Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery in Bexar County, Texas. [ 4 ] [ 22 ] Award and decorations
He retired on December 31, 1948, and was placed on the retired list as a lieutenant general on January 1, 1949. He died on January 26, 1953, in San Antonio, Texas, and was buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. [5]
After World War II, Barnett was reduced in rank to temporary brigadier general and served as assistant chief of staff for First U.S. Army at Governors Island, New York. He retired as a major general in 1947 and became a resident of San Antonio, Texas. Barnett died in San Antonio on October 7, 1971. He was buried at Fort Sam Houston National ...
Haines in February 2010. Ralph Edward Haines Jr. (21 August 1913 – 23 November 2011) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1967 to 1968, Commander, United States Army, Pacific from August 1968 to October 1970, and Commanding General, United States Continental Army Command from 1970 to 1973.