branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
20px 76th district 3rd brigade , 2nd infantry division 30th infantry division infantry 5th infantry division the douglas arizona district 3rd infantry division brigade 2nd infantry division 8th corps area hawaiian division the hawaiian 38th department infantry division the paris military oakland , california , united states 27 july 1949 new albany , indiana , united states united states distinguished st. michael and st. george -- england commander legion of service honor -- france knight , order of leopold for gallantry medal -- belgium commander , order of danilo -- montenegro world legion war i victory medal with 5 battle clasps croix de of guerre -- france -lrb- with 2 palms -rrb- croix de merit guerre -- belgium -lrb- with palm -rrb- spanish campaign medal knight army of cuban occupation medal philippine campaign medal society of commander the army of santiago de cuba of place of burial spanish war i fourth battle of ypres somme hindenburg line battle -- of st. quentin canal battle of bellicourt battle of nauroy american battle of vaux selle river campaign war vera cruz moro rebellion world 10 december 1863 san francisco national cemetery major general file : genlewis.jpg edward mann lewis
 major general edward mann lewis
edward mann lewis

major general edward mann lewis , kcmg , -lrb- december 10 , 1863 -- july 27 , 1949 -rrb- was a highly decorated united states army officer who served his nation for 46 years .
in world war i he led the 30th infantry division when they broke the hindenburg line .
upon arrival in france in 1917 , he was placed in command of all u.s. forces in paris .
in 1918 he led the 3rd brigade of the 2nd infantry division at château-thierry where he was responsible for planning and leading the attack on the strategic town of vaux .
general john j. pershing then promoted him and placed him in command of the 30th infantry division in july 1918 .
assigned to the fourth british army , the 30th division -lrb- old hickory -rrb- broke the hindenburg line on september 29 , hastening the end of the great war .
