Orlando Ward

Orlando Ward
Born	November 4, 1891 Macon, Missouri, United States
Died	February 4, 1972 (aged 80) Denver, Colorado, United States
Buried at	Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1914–1953
Rank	Major General
Unit	Cavalry Branch Field Artillery Branch
Commands held	1st Armored Division 20th Armored Division 6th Infantry Division V Corps
Battles/wars	Pancho Villa Expedition World War I World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Purple Heart Legion of Merit (2)

Major General Orlando Ward (November 4, 1891 – February 4, 1972) was a career United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. During the latter, as a major general, he commanded the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch and during the first few months of the Tunisia Campaign, before 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 the Army Chief of Staff, General 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.

Born in Macon, Missouri on November 4, 1891 Orlando Ward, at the age of 18, entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York in 1910, graduating four years later on June 12, 1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I in Europe, as a second lieutenant in the Cavalry Branch of the United States Army. Among his fellow graduates included Frank W. Milburn, Jens A. Doe, Vicente Lim, Carl Andrew Spaatz, Ralph Royce, James L. Bradley, Brehon B. Somervell, Harry C. Ingles, Harold R. Bull and John B. Anderson who, like Ward, would all become general officers.

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