Clarence Lionel Adcock

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(October 23, 1895 – January 9, 1967) was a

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officer during

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Early life

Clarence Lionel Adcock (1895–1967) at West Point in 1918

He was born in

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, and attended the

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from 1915 - 1918.Association of Graduates USMA (2004). ''The Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy West Point''. New York

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, William M. Miley, Edwin L. Sibert,

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were among his fellow graduates.

Military career

Commissioned into the Corps of Engineers in 1918, Adcock served as G-4 (supplies and logistics) to II Corps in the Mediterranean Theater in 1942, before performing the same duties for the Fifth Army. In 1943, he was on the staff of Allied Forces Headquarters and then with the

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until the end of the war in Europe. In June 1945, he was appointed Deputy to the Assistant Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET); and then was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff in July 1945. He served as Director of the Office of Military Government for the U.S. Zone in Germany from October 1945 to March 1946, and as Assistant Deputy Military Governor for Operations and Deputy to the Commanding General

, Office of Military Government for Germany, from April to October 1946. Adcock retired from active duty in 1947, but was recalled to serve as the U.S. Chairman of the Bipartite Control Office, part of the Military Government in Germany.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 4

Awards

Adcock received a number of awards for his service, including the

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, Legion of Merit with Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster,

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and the Croix de Guerre avec palmes.

Personal life

He married Inez Elise Genrich on March 5, 1947.

Death and legacy

He retired again in 1949, and died in Tucson, Arizona, on January 9, 1967. He is interred in

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, in

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References

External links

"201" File of Clarence L. Adcock, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential LibraryArlington National Cemetery
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