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Description. Colonel Francis Warren Pershing (1909–1999), John J. Pershing's son, served in the Second World War as an advisor to the Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. After the War he continued with his financial career and founded a stock brokerage firm (Pershing & Company).
Mar 1, 2024 · Richard Warren Pershing – Second Lieutenant, United States Army. The grandson of General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing, he was born in New York City on October 25, 1942. He served in Vietnam in Company A, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division and was killed in action on February 17, 1968.
Richard Warren Pershing. Died: February 17, 1968. Dick Pershing (Persh) was a nearly mythical figure to many, and remained so after his death in Vietnam. He came to Yale from Exeter and Lawrenceville, son of Francis Warren and Muriel Richards Pershing, grandson of General of the Armies John Joseph “Black Jack” Pershing, commander of the ...
Mar 2, 2024 · Colonel John Warren Pershing (CAS'64), a longtime friend of BU's Army ROTC program and a member of the Veteran Corps of Artillery, State of New York, and the Society of Cincinnati, died June 23, 1999 after a battle with vascular disease.
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed " Black Jack ", was a senior American United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I from 1917 to 1920.
The foremost military leader of his time, General John "Black Jack" Pershing (1860-1948) served in the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, the Philippines, the Mexican Intervention and World War I. During his next assignment in Washington, Captain Pershing met Helen Frances Warren, a recent graduate of Wellesley College and daughter of ...
Aug 18, 2017 · Richard Warren Pershing, along with his brother John Warren Pershing III, are buried in Section 34 of Arlington National Cemetery near their grandfather along Pershing Drive. Upon Richard Warren Pershing’s death, the album became the property of John Warren Pershing III (died 1999). I shared this find with a Skull & Bones member and friend.
