M. A. W. Shockley
M. A. W. Shockley | |
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General Shockley, in uniform of General, Medical Corps | |
| Birth name | Major Augustus Wroten Shockley |
| Born | May 13, 1874 Fort Scott, Kansas, US |
| Died | May 10, 1956 (aged 81) MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, US |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
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Major Augustus Wroten Shockley (1874–1956) was a U.S. Army medical corps officer. He was a veteran of the Philippine–American War, and retired as a brigadier general.
Biography
M. A. W. Shockley was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on May 13, 1874.[1][2] His father, William B. Shockley, was a surgeon for the Army of the Cumberland, United States Volunteers, during the American Civil War.[3]
M. A. W. Shockley graduated from Kansas City Medical College in 1898.[1]
He died at MacDill Air Force Base Hospital near Tampa on May 10, 1956.[2]
Military career appointments
- Havana, Cuba, 1899, during this assignment he treated soldiers with yellow fever[4]
- Philippine–American War, 1909[5]
- Division of Militia Affairs, departed in August 1919[6]
- Fort Leavenworth, arrived in 1919, Head of the Medical Department at the Army Service School[6][7]
- Camp Knox, departed in September 1922[8]
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center, appointed commander in September 1922[9]
- Assistant Surgeon General of the Army, appointed in 1925, promoted to brigadier general in 1925[10]
- Carlisle Barracks, retired from this position on 1 October 1936, commander, brigadier general[11]
M. A. W. Shockley was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b "M. A. W. Shockley, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Retired". The Army Medical Bulletin (39): 25. April 1937. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Former Aide to Pershing Dies at 82". Miami Herald. Tampa. UP. May 11, 1956. p. 50. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Clarke, Robert (1888). Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Vol. 18. Cincinnati: Society of the Army of the Cumberland. p. 273.
- ^ United States War Dept (1899). Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. p. 614.
- ^ Edward Swift Dunster, James Bradbridge Hunter, Frank Pierce Foster, Charles Euchariste de Medicis Sajous, Gregory Stragnell, Henry J. Klaunberg, Felix Marti-Ibanez (1909). International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics. Vol. 89. p. 980.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b The Military Surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military. Vol. 36–37. Chicago: The Association of Military surgeons of the United States. 1915. p. 290.
- ^ Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 72. 1919. p. 1776.
- ^ Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times. Vol. 72. 1922. p. 238.
- ^ US Government. "WBAMC history". Archived from the original on November 25, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ US Government. "Official Portrait of M.A.W. Shockley (reverse side)". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- ^ "The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania". October 1, 1936. p. 25.
- ^ Register of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Boston: Commandery of the State of Massachusetts. January 1, 1906. p. 207.
