Clarence Lionel Adcock

Clarence Lionel Adcock
Born	October 23, 1895(1895-10-23) Waltham, Massachusetts
Died	January 9, 1967(1967-01-09) (aged 71) Tucson, Arizona
Buried at	Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1918 - 1949
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Torch Operation Dragoon
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal 3 awards Legion of Merit 2 awards Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom) Officer of the Legion of Honor (France) Croix de Guerre avec palmes (France)

Clarence Lionel Adcock (October 23, 1895 – January 9, 1967) was a United States Army officer.^[1]

Early Life

He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, and attended the U.S. Military Academy from 1915 - 1918.^[2]

Military Career

Commissioned into the Corps of Engineers in 1918, Adcock served as G-4 (supplies and logistics) to II Corps in the Mediterranean Theater in 1942, before performing the same duties for the Fifth Army. In 1943, he was on the staff of Allied Forces Headquarters and then with the Sixth Army Group until the end of the war in Europe.

In June 1945, he was appointed Deputy to the Assistant Chief of Staff, Headquarters, U.S. Forces, European Theater (USFET); and then was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff in July 1945. He served as Director of the Office of Military Government for the U.S. Zone in Germany from October 1945 to March 1946, and as Assistant Deputy Military Governor for Operations and Deputy to the Commanding General Lucius D. Clay, Office of Military Government for Germany, from April to October 1946. Adcock received a number of awards for his service, including the Distinguished Service Medal, Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire and the Croix de Guerre avec palmes.

Adcock retired from active duty in 1947, but was recalled to serve as the U.S. Chairman of the Bipartite Control Office, part of the Military Government in Germany. He retired again in 1949, and died in Tucson, Arizona, in 1967. He is interred in Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia.

References

1. ^ Who's Who in America, Volume 24, 1946-1947 (1946): Chicago: A. N. Marquis Company
2. ^ Association of Graduates USMA (2004). The Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy West Point. New York

External links

Biography portal

• "201" File of Clarence L. Adcock, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
• Clarence Lionel Adcock at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Adcock, Clarence Lionel
Alternative names
Short description	United States Army officer
Date of birth	October 23, 1895
Place of birth	Waltham, Massachusetts
Date of death	January 9, 1967
Place of death