Bruce Magruder was a career officer in the United States Army.
36 Facts About Bruce Magruder
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Bruce Magruder enlisted in the United States Army as a private in 1904, served for three years, and attained the rank of sergeant.
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Bruce Magruder was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel in November 1918, and his wartime service was recognized with award of Army Distinguished Service Medal, French Legion of Honor, and Belgian Order of the Crown.
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Bruce Magruder served at this post until the end of the war, and his service was recognized with award of the Legion of Merit.
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Bruce Magruder retired in 1946 and lived first in Biloxi, Mississippi, and later in Winter Park, Florida.
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Bruce Magruder died at the Orlando Air Force Base Hospital on July 23,1953, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Bruce Magruder was born in Washington, DC, on December 3,1882, a son of George Washington Corbin Bruce Magruder and Eleanor Ann Helen Marshall.
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Bruce Magruder was educated in the public schools of Washington, and graduated from Central High School in 1903.
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Bruce Magruder attended Columbian University as a member of the class of 1907, and he joined the Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
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Bruce Magruder passed the multi-day examination, and on February 11,1907, he received appointment as a second lieutenant of Infantry.
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Bruce Magruder served there until 1910, and took part in the Moro Rebellion, in which the United States acted to end an insurgency by the Moro people.
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Bruce Magruder was promoted to first lieutenant on July 19,1911.
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In 1913, Bruce Magruder returned to the Philippines, this time stationed at Fort William McKinley.
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Bruce Magruder was promoted to captain on July 1,1916.
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In November 1917, Bruce Magruder was promoted to temporary major and assigned as executive officer of the Intelligence Section on the staff of the American Expeditionary Forces headquarters in France.
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Bruce Magruder was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel in November 1918.
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Bruce Magruder served on the AEF staff until the end of the war, except for a brief period of temporary duty on the staff of I Corps.
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Bruce Magruder received the Army Distinguished Service Medal after the war in recognition of his superior performance of duty.
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Bruce Magruder returned from France in 1919 and was assigned to the G-2 section of the Army staff at the War Department.
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In 1922, Bruce Magruder was selected for attendance at the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, and he graduated in 1923.
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Bruce Magruder completed the course in 1926, and was ranked as a distinguished graduate.
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Bruce Magruder was later assigned as an instructor for the Organized Reserve Corps of the Third Corps Area, with offices in Washington, DC On May 27,1930, Magruder was promoted to Lieutenant colonel.
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From 1931 to 1936, Bruce Magruder served as a professor of military science for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at North Carolina College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts.
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Bruce Magruder later commanded the program, and he received promotion to colonel on August 1,1935.
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In 1936 and 1937, Bruce Magruder commanded the 66th Armor Regiment at Camp Meade, Maryland.
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From 1937 to 1940, Bruce Magruder served as executive officer of the Infantry Center and School at Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Bruce Magruder was promoted to brigadier general on November 1,1939.
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Chaffee was assigned as corps commander, with Bruce Magruder assigned in July 1940 as commander of the 1st Armored Division and Scott assigned to command the 2nd Armored Division.
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Bruce Magruder was promoted to major general on October 1,1940.
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In March 1942, Bruce Magruder was succeeded as division commander by Orlando Ward.
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Bruce Magruder was then assigned as commander of the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Wolters, Texas.
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Responsible for providing trained and ready soldiers to units fighting in Europe and the Pacific, Magruder remained in charge of the IRTC until after the end of the war in 1945, and was succeeded by Brigadier General Maurice L Miller.
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Bruce Magruder received the Legion of Merit to commend his service with the 1st Armored Division and IRTC.
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In retirement, Bruce Magruder was a resident of first Biloxi, Mississippi, then Winter Park, Florida.
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Bruce Magruder died at the Orlando Air Force Base Hospital in Orlando on July 23,1953.
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Bruce Magruder's siblings included Marshall Bruce Magruder, a career Army officer who attained the rank of brigadier general.