Geboortedatum:

11 februari 1913 (Saint Louis/Missouri, Verenigde Staten)

Overlijdensdatum:

31 mei 1979 (Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington/D.C., Verenigde Staten)

Begraven op:

United States Military Academy Post Cemetery

Dienstnummer:

0-21190

Nationaliteit:

Amerikaanse

William Emmett Ekman studeerde in 1938 af aan West Point. Op 14 juni 1938 huwde hij met Iris M. Welch.

Naast zijn aan de Tweede Wereldoorlog gerelateerde onderscheidingen, ontving hij tevens de Army Distinguished Service Medal (18 juni 1968).

Bevorderingen:
14 juni 1938: 2nd Lieutenant;
9 september 1940: 1st Lieutenant;
?: Lieutenant Colonel;
22 juli 1944: Colonel;
1 mei 1965: Brigadier General;

Loopbaan:
? - 1932: Baltimore Polytechnical High School;
1932 - 1934: United States Military Academy Prep School, Camp Smith, Hawaii;
juli 1934 - 1938: Military Academy West Point;
?: Company Officer 29th Infantry Regiment;
?: Adjutant 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment;
? - juni 1941: Company Commander, 29th Infantry Regiment;
? - augustus 1941: Parachute School, Fort Benning;
augustus 1941: Commanding Officer, Company B, 503rd Parachute Infantry Battalion;
?: Adjutant, 504th Parachute Infantry Battalion;
mei 1942: Adjutant General, Headquarters Provisional Parachute Group;
?: Adjutant General, Headquarters, The Airborne Command;
augustus 1942: Executive Officer, 1st Parachute Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning;
oktober 1942: Executive Officer, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment;
21 maart 1944 - 13 september 1947: Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division;
1947: Planner/Airborne Advisor, Army Plans Branch, G3 Division, Department of the Army;
januari 1949: Airborne Advisor, Joint Strategic Plans Group, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
juni 1951 - juni 1952: GI, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg;
1952: Army War College, Carlisle Barracks;
juni 1953: GI, VII Corps, Moeringen, Germany;
15 december 1954 - juli 1956: Commanding Officer, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Bad Toelz, Germany;
juli 1956: Director, Army's Airborne-Air Mobility Department, Fort Benning, Georgia;
juni 1959: Military Personnel Advisor, Republic of Korea Army, United States Military Assitance Group, Korea;
juni 1960: Chief, Military Personnel Management Division, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia;
?: Deputy, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia;
september 1961: Acting Chief of Staff, Personnel, United States Strike Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida;
?: Deputy, Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans Directorate, United States Strike Command, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida;
juli 1963: Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, United States Pacific Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii;
?: Commander-designate, 173rd Airborne Brigade;
september 1965 - april 1967: Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Training Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey;
april 1967: Off-Base Housing Coordinator, Department of Defense;
30 april 1968: Pensioen;
?: President, St. Armands Association;
?: Disaster Relief Chairman, Sarasota County Red Cross.

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Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Lieutenant Colonel (Luitenant-kolonel)

Eenheid:

Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Toegekend op:

14 juli 1944

Voordracht:
"Vanwege moed in actie, terwijl hij diende als Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in actie tegenover de vijand in Normandië, Frankrijk, op 6 juni 1944."

General Orders No. 34, Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division (July 14, 1944).

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Colonel (Kolonel)

Eenheid:

Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Toegekend op:

29 oktober 1944

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Rang:

Colonel (Kolonel)

Eenheid:

Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army

Toegekend op:

22 februari 1946

Periode:

Vietnam Oorlog (1955-1975)

Rang:

Brigadier General (Brigadier)

Eenheid:

Deputy Commanding General, Army Training Center (Fort Dix), Army Ground Forces (AGF), U.S. Army

Toegekend op:

18 juni 1968

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Periode:

Tweede Wereldoorlog (1939-1945)

Tweede BSM toegekend in de vorm van een bronzen eikenloof te dragen op het lint van de eerste BSM.

• Foto 1: WW2 US Airborne
• - MEIJER, H.G., Bronzen Leeuw, Bronzen Kruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1990.
  - Army Register for 1960.
  - "Brons", Nr 66, 19e Jaargang, uitgave van de Vereniging Dragers Militaire Dapperheidsonderscheidingen 2010
  - Assembly, Volume XL, No. 3, December 1981
  - The Dutch Medals Page
  - Home of Heroes
  - West-Point
  - Military TImes - Hall of Valor
  

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