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Stanley Eric Reinhart
Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart (September 15, 1893 – June 4, 1975) was a senior United States Army officer of the United States Army. He figured prominently in World War II as commander of the 65th Infantry Division.
Stanley Eric Reinhart was born on September 15, 1893, in Polk, Ohio (pop. 250). He worked briefly as a rural school teacher, in North Red Haw, Ohio, until 1911.
He entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in June 1912, graduating from there 11th in a class of 125 cadets in June 1916, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army. Among his classmates were Wilhelm D. Styer, Dwight Johns, Thomas D. Finley, Louis E. Hibbs, Ludson D. Worsham, Horace L. McBride, Robert Neyland, William M. Hoge, William R. Woodward, James A. Pickering, William Spence, Robert B. McBride Jr., Paul Vincent Kane, Fay B. Prickett, Calvin DeWitt Jr., Joseph M. Tully, Thomas L. Martin, Roland P. Shugg, James J. O'Hare and Otto F. Lange. All of these men would later rise to the rank of brigadier general or higher later in their military careers.
He received quick promotion to first Lieutenant on July 1. His first assignment after graduation was with the 5th Field Artillery Regiment, then stationed at Camp Bliss, Texas, where he served from September 1916 until June 1917, a few weeks after the American entry into World War I. Due to the army's expansion Reinhart was promoted again, to the rank of captain, on May 15.
The following month he became aide-de-camp to Colonel Peyton C. March (who became Army Chief of Staff the next year) and, with March, sailed for the Western Front in July.
Reinhart remained as March's aide until February 1918 when he assumed command of Battery 'A' of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, part of the 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), from February to July 1918 (in action during the defense of sector from March 21 to May 12, Battle of Bois de Belleau). Following this, Reinhart, promoted to the temporary rank of major in July, commanded the 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (Battle of Soissons, Ypres-Lys, and Meuse-Argonne). After this, in late August, he was assigned as chief of staff to the chief of artillery of the newly formed VI Corps, remaining in this position until late February 1919, which also included a brief stint serving with the British I Corps of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
Reinhart was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his actions during the war. The citation for his Army DSM reads:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major (Field Artillery) Stanley Eric Reinhart, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. In Command of a battery and subsequently a battalion of the 17th Field Artillery, 2d Division, Major Reinhart gave proof of high qualities of leadership and military attainments, notably during the operations near Soissons in July 1918, when he skillfully maneuvered his battalion in front of the infantry under machine-gun fire from the enemy with but few casualties to his command. Later he rendered valuable and loyal service as Chief of Staff of Artillery, 6th Army Corps.
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Stanley Eric Reinhart
Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart (September 15, 1893 – June 4, 1975) was a senior United States Army officer of the United States Army. He figured prominently in World War II as commander of the 65th Infantry Division.
Stanley Eric Reinhart was born on September 15, 1893, in Polk, Ohio (pop. 250). He worked briefly as a rural school teacher, in North Red Haw, Ohio, until 1911.
He entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, in June 1912, graduating from there 11th in a class of 125 cadets in June 1916, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Field Artillery Branch of the United States Army. Among his classmates were Wilhelm D. Styer, Dwight Johns, Thomas D. Finley, Louis E. Hibbs, Ludson D. Worsham, Horace L. McBride, Robert Neyland, William M. Hoge, William R. Woodward, James A. Pickering, William Spence, Robert B. McBride Jr., Paul Vincent Kane, Fay B. Prickett, Calvin DeWitt Jr., Joseph M. Tully, Thomas L. Martin, Roland P. Shugg, James J. O'Hare and Otto F. Lange. All of these men would later rise to the rank of brigadier general or higher later in their military careers.
He received quick promotion to first Lieutenant on July 1. His first assignment after graduation was with the 5th Field Artillery Regiment, then stationed at Camp Bliss, Texas, where he served from September 1916 until June 1917, a few weeks after the American entry into World War I. Due to the army's expansion Reinhart was promoted again, to the rank of captain, on May 15.
The following month he became aide-de-camp to Colonel Peyton C. March (who became Army Chief of Staff the next year) and, with March, sailed for the Western Front in July.
Reinhart remained as March's aide until February 1918 when he assumed command of Battery 'A' of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, part of the 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), from February to July 1918 (in action during the defense of sector from March 21 to May 12, Battle of Bois de Belleau). Following this, Reinhart, promoted to the temporary rank of major in July, commanded the 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (Battle of Soissons, Ypres-Lys, and Meuse-Argonne). After this, in late August, he was assigned as chief of staff to the chief of artillery of the newly formed VI Corps, remaining in this position until late February 1919, which also included a brief stint serving with the British I Corps of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).
Reinhart was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his actions during the war. The citation for his Army DSM reads:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major (Field Artillery) Stanley Eric Reinhart, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. In Command of a battery and subsequently a battalion of the 17th Field Artillery, 2d Division, Major Reinhart gave proof of high qualities of leadership and military attainments, notably during the operations near Soissons in July 1918, when he skillfully maneuvered his battalion in front of the infantry under machine-gun fire from the enemy with but few casualties to his command. Later he rendered valuable and loyal service as Chief of Staff of Artillery, 6th Army Corps.