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Oct 26, 2022 · On Dec. 9, 1998, Benjamin O. Davis Jr. received the rank of general from President Bill Clinton. He died on July 4, 2002, at 89 years of age. He was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery next to his wife, Agatha. They are buried beside Elnora and Benjamin Sr. His military decorations include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Army ...
Jul 1, 2019 · In 1902, Benjamin O. Davis Sr.married his childhood friend Elnora Dickerson. Their son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr, went on to become the general of the U. S. Air Force. They had two daughters, named Olive and Elnora. His wife passed away in 1916, days after giving birth to their younger daughter. In 1919, he married an English teacher named Sarah ...
Brigadier General (BG) Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. was a U.S. Army Officer who became the first African-American general in the U.S. Army in October 1940. Davis served with the 1st Separate Battalion, Washington D.C. National Guard during the Spanish-American War in 1899. On 14 June 1899, he enlisted in the Regular U.S. Army.
Feb 17, 2015 · Lt. Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. led the 99th Pursuit Squadron. He was the first black officer to solo an Army Air Corp aircraft. He and other airmen are decorated by his father, the Army’s first black General, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Sr. in France, August 8, 1944. Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis ...
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (right) and Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. Davis Sr. was the first African American general in the United States Army. Davis Jr. later became the first African American general in ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Brig. Gen.BenjaminOliver Davis Sr. Born 1 Jul 1877 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Ancestors. Son of Louis P. H. Davis and Henrietta (Stewart) Davis. Brother of Louis Davis and Mary J (Davis) Jackson. Husband of Elnora (Dickerson) Davis — married 23 Oct 1902 in District of Columbia, United States. Descendants.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., retired in 1970 as a three-star general. His autobiography, capturing the fortitude and spirit with which he and his wife met the pettiness of segregation, bears out Davis’s conviction that discrimination—both within the military and in American society—reflects neither this nation’s ideals nor the best use of ...
