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词条 Edwin Burr Babbitt
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  1. Biography

  2. Career

  3. References

  4. External resources

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|name=Edwin Babbitt
|birth_date= {{birth date|1862|7|26}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1939|12|9|1862|7|26}}
|birth_place= New York City, U.S.
|death_place= Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
|placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery
|image= 111-SC-19030 - NARA - 55198082-cropped.jpg
|caption= Edwin Babbitt as a brigadier general in 1918
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|United States of America}}
|branch={{army|United States}}
|serviceyears= 1884–1924
|rank= Major General
|commands=
|Education= USMA class of 1884
|battles= World War I
  • Battle of Saint-Mihiel
  • Second Battle of the Marne
  • Meuse-Argonne Offensive
World War II
|awards= Distinguished Service Medal
|laterwork=
|relations=
}}

Edwin Burr Babbitt (July 26, 1862 – December 9, 1939) was a Major General in the United States Army.

Biography

Babbitt was born on July 26, 1862 in New York City to Lawrence, a U.S. Army Colonel, and Fannie Babbitt.[1] He was the son-in-law of Charles McDougall and brother-in-law of Thomas Mower McDougall.[2] Babbitt died on December 9, 1939 in Santa Barbara, California. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Career

Babbitt graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1884 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. He served as a brigade commander during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and the Battle of Saint-Mihiel during World War I. Awards he received include the Army Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services" in World War I; Officer, Legion d'Honour (France); Comendator, Order of the Sun of Peru (Peru) and Order of Abdon Calderón, First Class (Ecuador).[1] He retired in 1924.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/ebabbitt.htm|title=Edwin Burr Babbitt, Major General, United States Army|first=Michael Robert|last=Patterson|publisher=}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/tmmcdoug.htm|title=Thomas Mower McDougall, Major, United States Army|first=Michael Robert|last=Patterson|publisher=}}
Bibliography
  • {{cite book|last1=Davis, jr.|first1=Henry Blaine|title=Generals in Khaki|date=1998|publisher=Pentland Press,Inc.|location=Raleigh, North Carolina|isbn=1-57197-088-6|pages=16–17}}

External resources

{{Find a Grave|9305695}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Babbitt, Edwin Burr}}{{US-military-bio-stub}}

10 : 1862 births|1939 deaths|Military personnel from New York City|United States Military Academy alumni|United States Army generals|United States Army generals of World War I|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)|Officiers of the Légion d'honneur|Recipients of the Order of the Sun of Peru|Burials at Arlington National Cemetery

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