Edwin Luther Sibert

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(March 2, 1897 – December 16, 1977) was a United States Army officer with the rank of

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and served as intelligence officer during World War II and post-war Europe, where he assisted in the creation of the Gehlen Organization. He would return to the United States and briefly serve in the Central Intelligence Group, the forerunner of the modern CIA. He was the son of Major General

William L. Sibert Major General William Luther Sibert (October 12, 1860 – October 16, 1935) was a senior United States Army officer who commanded the 1st Division on the Western Front during World War I. Early life and education Sibert was born in Gadsden, A ...

and the brother of Major General

Franklin C. Sibert Major General Franklin Cummings Sibert (January 3, 1891 – June 24, 1980) was a United States Army officer. During World War II, Sibert was originally the commander of the 6th Infantry Division but was promoted to command the X Corps of General ...

. A graduate of the

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in 1918, he would receive the Distinguished Service Medal three times for his service during

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and the

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Early life and education

Edwin Luther Sibert (1897–1977) at West Point in 1918

Sibert was born on March 2, 1897, in

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, to Major General

and his wife Mary Margaret Cummings Sibert. He would be raised on military tradition, his grandfather William J. Sibert and great-uncle William B. Beeson having served in the Confederate army, and his father in the

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. Sibert's early years would see his father assigned to

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(1899–1900), and the

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(1907–1914). In 1914, Sibert would receive an at-large appointment to the

, graduating in 1918.Official U.S. Army Register 1954, Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, 1954.

Career

Dates of rank

Service

Awards and decorations

Burial

Sibert is buried at

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along with his father MG William Luther Sibert.Burial Detail: Sibert, Edwin Luther
– ANC Explorer

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