Abner J. McGehee, Jr.
Abner Judson McGehee, Jr. (14 December 1900 in Jackson, Tennessee - 17 February 1996 in Green Valley, Arizona) was a retired United States Army Colonel who served as the Assistant Operations & Training Officer at West Point from 1942 to 1947.
Early life[]
Abner was born in Jackson, Tennessee on 14 December 1900 to Abner, Sr. and Jennie L. D. McGehee.
Military service[]
Abner's 1923 West Point graduation photo.
Abner's military service began when he entered West Point on 11 July 1919 and ended when he retired on 27 August 1947 because of a disability. His military service overview is as listed:
- 1919-1923: United States Military Academy, graduated in 1923
- 1924: 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- 1925: 19th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- 1926: 14th Infantry Regiment, Fort Davis, Panama
- 1930-1933: 18th Infantry Regiment, Fort Slocum, New York
- 1933-1934: Infantry School Company Officers' Course
- 1934: 19th Infantry Regiment, Hawaiian Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- 1934-1936: 25th Infantry Regiment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- 1936-1938: 65th Infantry Regiment stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 1940: Assistant PMS & T and Adjutant of the ROTC unit of the Citadel
- 1942-1947: Assistant Operations and Training Officer, United States Military Academy
- 1947: Retired from military service
In 1945 he supervised the cadet ceremonies for Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral at Hyde Park, New York.
After retirement[]
In the fall he moved to Menlo Park, California, and built a home in the foothills near Stanford University. In 1952 Abner received his master's degree from Stanford.
Personal life[]
In the summer of 1923, Abner became engaged to Ella Verne Moffatt. They married on 17 June 1924 and would later have 3 children (William, Judson, and Thomas). Ella passed away in 1982. Abner remarried in 1986 to Alice Hannah Tulley, widow of West Point graduate and Major General David H. Tulley who graduated in 1925. Alice died in 1994.
Death[]
Abner passed away on 17 February 1996 in Green Valley, Arizona. He was 95 years old.
Sources[]
- http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/7112/
- http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=260
- https://ia801406.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/33/items/officialarmyregi1947unit/officialarmyregi1947unit_jp2.zip&file=officialarmyregi1947unit_jp2/officialarmyregi1947unit_1561.jp2&scale=2&rotate=0