Powell, Herbert B., 1903-1998

LC control no.	n 85386459
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Powell, Herbert B., 1903-1998 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	19030713
Death date	19980403
Place of birth	Monmouth (Or.)
Place of death	Williamsburg (Va.)
Affiliation	Oregon. National Guard United States. Army United States. Army. Infantry Division, 75th United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 17th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25th Infantry School (U.S.) United States. Army. Army, 3rd United States. Continental Army Command
Profession or occupation	Ambassadors Generals--United States
Found in	NUCMC data from U.S. Army Military History Institute for Oral history collection, 1970-1985 (Powell, Herbert B.; Gen., U.S. Army) WWA, 1974-75 (Powell, Herbert B.; b. July 13, 1903; retired army officer) Arlington National Cemetery Website, November 5, 2013 (Herbert Butler Powell, General, United States Army, United States Ambassador; a retired four-star Army general who served as ambassador to New Zealand from 1963 to 1967; born in Monmouth, Oregon, July 13, 1903; died April 3, 1998 in Williamsburg, Virginia; he began his military career with the Oregon National Guard in 1919; he received his Army commission in 1926 after graduating from the University of Oregon; he was also a 1941 graduate of the Command and General Staff School and a 1949 graduate of the National War College; during World War II, he served in Europe, where he became chief of staff of the 75th Infantry Division; during the Korean War, he commanded the 17th Infantry Regimental Combat Team; later assignments included tours as commander of the 25th Infantry Division, the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga., and the Third Army, based at Fort McPherson, Ga.; he also served as Army commander in the Atlantic during the Cuban Missile Crisis; his last assignment was as commanding general of the Continental Army Command at Fort Monroe; General Powell retired from active Army duty in 1963)
Associated language	eng