| M. A. W. Shockley | |
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 General Shockley, in uniform of General, Medical Corps | |
| Birth name | Major Augustus Wroten Shockley |
| Born | (1874-05-13)May 13, 1874 Fort Scott, Kansas, US |
| Died | May 10, 1956(1956-05-10) (aged 81) MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, US |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Rank |  Brigadier general |
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Major Augustus Wroten Shockley (1874–1956) was a U.S. Army medical corps officer. He was a veteran of the Philippine–American War, and retired as a brigadier general.
Biography
M. A. W. Shockley was born in Fort Scott, Kansas on May 13, 1874. His father, William B. Shockley, was a surgeon for the Army of the Cumberland, United States Volunteers, during the American Civil War.
M. A. W. Shockley graduated from Kansas City Medical College in 1898.
He died at MacDill Air Force Base Hospital near Tampa on May 10, 1956.
Military career appointments
- Havana, Cuba, 1899, during this assignment he treated soldiers with yellow fever
- Philippine–American War, 1909
- Division of Militia Affairs, departed in August 1919
- Fort Leavenworth, arrived in 1919, Head of the Medical Department at the Army Service School
- Camp Knox, departed in September 1922
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center, appointed commander in September 1922
- Assistant Surgeon General of the Army, appointed in 1925, promoted to brigadier general in 1925
- Carlisle Barracks, retired from this position on 1 October 1936, commander, brigadier general
M. A. W. Shockley was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
See also
References
- ^ "M. A. W. Shockley, Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Retired". The Army Medical Bulletin (39): 25. April 1937. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Former Aide to Pershing Dies at 82". Miami Herald. Tampa. UP. May 11, 1956. p. 50. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- Clarke, Robert (1888). Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Vol. 18. Cincinnati: Society of the Army of the Cumberland. p. 273.
- United States War Dept (1899). Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. p. 614.
- Edward Swift Dunster, James Bradbridge Hunter, Frank Pierce Foster, Charles Euchariste de Medicis Sajous, Gregory Stragnell, Henry J. Klaunberg, Felix Marti-Ibanez (1909). International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics. Vol. 89. p. 980.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ The Military Surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military. Vol. 36–37. Chicago: The Association of Military surgeons of the United States. 1915. p. 290.
- Journal of the American Medical Association. Vol. 72. 1919. p. 1776.
- Army-Navy-Air Force Register and Defense Times. Vol. 72. 1922. p. 238.
- US Government. "WBAMC history". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- US Government. "Official Portrait of M.A.W. Shockley (reverse side)". Retrieved March 12, 2018.
- "The Evening News from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania". October 1, 1936. p. 25.
- Register of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Boston: Commandery of the united State of Massachusetts. January 1, 1906. p. 207.
