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General First nameWilliam De Forest
LastnameManice
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1889-06-30
Place of birthNew York County (Manhattan), New York, United States of America
Date of death1961-10-26
Place of deathNewport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America


About

Enlisted, November 10, 1911, in Troop 2, Squadron A Cavalry, NYNG, New York City.

December 6, 1911, Squadron A was review by Honorable Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War.
May 26, 1912, Squadron A was visited by President William H Taft in camp at Van Cortlandt Park.
March 1-4, 1913, he was part of the escort to the Governor of New York at the inaugural ceremonies of President W. Wilson.

He was discharged from Squadron A Cavalry June 21, 1915. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, July 27, 1917, and assigned to Company K, 12th Infantry Regiment, NYNG.

World War 1, mustered in for service with Company E, 12th NY Infantry, August 2, 1917. He was transferred, October 22, 1917, at Camp Wadsworth, SC, to the 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant, February 26, 1918 and Captain March 21, 1918. He was transferred, January 7, 1918, to the Construction Division US Army, Washington, DC. Discharged from the service March 1, 1919.

Yale University, Class of 1911
Columbia Law, Class of 1915

Career, lawyer, Davisson & Manice: Manice & Rives: directorships in the Southern Pacific Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation, New York Zoological Society, Metropolitan Opera Association

NY Times, Oct. 28, 1961, obituary
Squadron A in the Great War, page 189
Squadron A First Fifty Years, page 375

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Archive statistics Career1909 - 1910
Tournament wins0
Matches2
Match wins0


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