Harold Palmer Howard

Harold Palmer Howard
From the October 1951 edition of Assembly magazine
Born	(1866-11-24)November 24, 1866 Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Died	March 1, 1951(1951-03-01) (aged 84) Minneapolis, Minnesota[1]
Buried	Greenwood Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Allegiance	United States
Service	Army
Years of service	1891–1920
Rank	Brigadier General
Service number	0-13442
Awards	Silver Star (2)[1]

Harold Palmer Howard (November 24, 1866 – March 1, 1951) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during World War I.[1]

Education and military career

He attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1891.[2] On February 2, 1901, he was appointed to the rank of captain and served with the 14th Cavalry.[2] This was followed by a tour as quartermaster at Fort Keogh, Montana, in charge of the Remount Depot from June 24, 1909, to December 1912.[2]

Before World War I, Howard participated in the Spanish–American War and the Philippine insurrection.[3] His Silver Star citations are from his service there. During World War I, he commanded the 82nd Field Artillery and 17th Field Artillery Brigade.[1]

He retired as a colonel in 1920, but his rank of brigadier general was restored by act of Congress in June 1930.[1]

After serving in the U.S. Army, Howard was a professor of Military Sciences and Tactics at St. Thomas College in St. Paul, Minneapolis.[1]

Civilian career

Howard was later employed by the Federal Serve Bank in Minneapolis.[1]

References

1. Henry Blaine Jr, Generals in Khaki
2. Cullum, George W. (1891). Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., from its establishment, in 1802, to 1890. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. p. 583. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
3. Duffy, Bernard K.; Carpenter, Ronald H. (1997). Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 208. ISBN 0313291489. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

Bibliography

• Davis, Henry Blaine Jr. (1998). Generals in Khaki. Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, Inc. ISBN 1571970886.