branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards image_size placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
20px 20px denver , colorado 4 february 1972 macon , missouri united states of america 1912 distinguished purple heart service cross army distinguished service medal silver star 250 place of burial '' world war i '' ' * second battle of the ` marne '' ` world war ii '' ' * operation pancho torch * battle of kasserine pass villa expedition '' ' '' ` 4 november 1891 fairmount cemetery , denver , colorado 25px major general orlando ward.jpg orlando ward
 orlando ward
orlando ward

orlando ward -lrb- november 4 , 1891 -- february 4 , 1972 -rrb- was a career united states army officer .
during world war ii , as a major general , he commanded the 1st armored division during operation torch and during the first five months of the tunisia campaign , being relieved in march 1943 .
he trained and returned to europe in 1945 as commander of the 20th armored division .
ward also served as secretary to army chief of staff george marshall in the critical years prior to the war and made major contributions to field artillery procedures in the 1930s that , a decade later , made the american field artillery especially effective in world war ii .
