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Jean Evans Engler (3 August 190910 November 1993) was a

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officer who served in

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, the

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and the

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Early life

He was born in

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on 3 August 1909.

Military career

He graduated from the

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in 1933 and was commissioned into the infantry later transferring to the

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. He then transferred to the Ordnance Corps serving in the Army Tank and Automotive Command. After serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States Continental Army Command he was appointed as commanding general

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on 25 May 1961. In early September 1963 he was appointed deputy commanding general U.S. Army Materiel Command then as commanding general Army Supply and Maintenance Command. In December 1965 he was appointed as deputy commanding general

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(USARV). He arrived in South Vietnam in January 1966. During this time he conducted a review of the relationship between USARV and

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. In April 1966 he requested the deployment of a

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(WAC) detachment to support USARV and he finally received approval from the

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on 25 July 1966 with the first WACs arriving in late October 1966. On 15 June 1967 he was appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. He retired from the Army in 1969.

Later life

He died on 10 November 1993 and was buried at

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Decorations

His decorations include

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(4) and the Legion of Merit (2).

References

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