Charles H. Grahl - Brigadier General
The Adjutant General

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Charles H. Grahl

Enlisted in Company B., 3rd Infantry, Iowa National Guard, June 24, 1916.
Appointed Private First Class August 1, 1916.
Appointed Corporal August 31, 1916.
Mustered into United States Service, June 26, 1916.
Mustered out of United States Service, February 20, 1917.
Appointed Sergeant April 1, 1917.
Mustered into United States Service, July 19, 1917, for World War.
Appointed Second Lieutenant, Infantry, July 9, 1918, and assigned to 805th Pioneer Infantry. 
Served overseas from November 14, 1917, to June 27, 1919.
Honorably discharged July 21, 1919.
Appointed Captain, Infantry, Iowa National Guard March 29, 1921, and assigned to command Company B, 168th Infantry.
Resigned July 25, 1921.
Appointed Captain, Infantry, Iowa National Guard, January 7, 1925, and assigned to Headquarters, 133rd Infantry, Iowa National Guard, as Adjutant.
Appointed Lieut. Colonel, A. G. D., Iowa National Guard, July 5, 1927, and assigned to the State Staff as Assistant Adjutant General.
Appointed Brigadier General, A. G. D., Iowa National Guard (The Adjutant General) January 15, 1932.

Ralph A. Lancaster
Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General

Enlisted in Battery B, 1st Field Artillery, Iowa National Guard, April 25, 1937.  (Battery B, 126th Field Artillery)
Transferred to Headquarters, 34th Division, January 8, 1918, and appointed Sergeant.
Transferred to Central Records Office Bn., November 6, 1918.
Transferred to 41st Division, 1st Repl. Depot, February 12, 1919.
Casual, June 10, 1919, to discharge.
Honorably discharged July 28, 1919.
Served overseas September 17, 1918, to July 19, 1919.
Enlisted in Battery B, 1st Field Artillery, Iowa National Guard May 28, 1920.
Appointed Sergeant July 9, 1920.
Honorably discharged November 1, 1920.
Reenlisted in Battery B, 185th Field Artillery, June 16, 1921.
Appointed Private First Class, June 16, 1921.
Appointed Sergeant, July 15, 1921.
Transferred to Headquarters Battery and C. Tn., 1st Bn, 185th Artillery, Iowa National Guard, February 8, 1922.
Appointed Staff Sergeant, February 8, 1922.
Honorably discharged to accept commission, January 13, 1923.
Appointed First Lieutenant, Field Artillery, Iowa National Guard, December 7, 1922, and assigned to Headquarters, 1st Bn., 185th Field Artillery.
Promoted to Captain, and assigned to Headquarters, 185th Field Artillery, Iowa National Guard, as Adjutant, May 23, 1924.
Promoted to Major, State Staff, Iowa National Guard, and appointed Assistant Adjutant General, January 15, 1932.
Promoted to Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, State Staff, Iowa National Guard, August 3, 1936.

James S. Thomas
Lieut. Colonel, Quartermaster Corps, U. S. P. & D. O.

Enlisted in Company M, 55th Infantry, Iowa National Guard, March 2, 1912.
Appointed Corporal, March 21, 1914; Sergeant, August 1, 1914; Quartermaster Sergeant, August 1, 1914.
(Company M, 55th Infantry changed to Company M, 3rd Infantry, July 4, 1915.)
Appointed Battalion Sergeant Major, November 1, 1915.
Reported duty, call of President, June 18, 1916, to June 20, 1916.
Mustered in United States Service, June 26, 1916.
Mustered out of United States Service, March 1, 1917.
Appointed Regimental Sergeant Major, in United States Service, March  20, 1917.
Reported duty call of President, July 3, 1917, on July 15, 1917. 
Mustered in United States Service, July 20, 1917.
Honorably discharged, July 30, 1917, as Regimental Sergeant Major to accept commission. 
Appointed Second Lieutenant, Infantry, Iowa National Guard, July 31, 1917, and assigned to Company D, 3rd Infantry, Iowa National Guard.
Drafted into United States Service, August 5, 1917.
Appointed First Lieutenant, Infantry, December 12, 1917.
Promoted to Captain, April 21, 1918.
Promoted to Major, A. G. D., October 22, 1918.
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, A. G. D., April 12, 1919.
Served overseas from October 18, 1917, to April 25, 1919.
Honorably discharged, June 12, 1919, for convenience of the Government, services no longer required.
Appointed Captain, Infantry, Iowa National Guard, September 6, 1921, and assigned to Headquarters, 168th Infantry, Iowa National Guard.
Promoted to Lieut. Colonel, Quartermaster Corps, Iowa National Guard, State Staff, September 15, 1927.