Kenyon A. Joyce

Kenyon Ashe Joyce
Joyce as 1st Cavalry Brigade commander c. 1937
Born(1879-11-03)November 3, 1879
DiedJanuary 11, 1960(1960-01-11) (aged 80)
San Francisco, California
Burial place
Arlington National Cemetery
SpouseHelen Jones Joyce
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Branch
United States Army
Service years
1898–1944
Rank
Major General
Units87th Division
31st Division
8th Division
Commands3rd Cavalry Regiment
1st Cavalry Division
IX Corps
Conflicts
Spanish–American War
World War I
World War II
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Purple Heart
Other workPresident, Allied Commission for Italy
Major General LeRoy Springs Lyon (far left), commanding the 31st Division, with Colonel Joyce, his chief of staff, and two aides, France, October 1918.

Kenyon Ashe Joyce (November 3, 1879 - January 11, 1960) was a major general in the United States Army. He commanded the 1st Cavalry Division and later IX Corps in World War II.

Joyce was a prominent cavalry officer at the outset of the war and was a mentor to a young George S. Patton. He later appointed Dwight D. Eisenhower as his chief of staff and is considered to have played a strong role in his development. He had initially sought to promote Eisenhower to command of a division, but Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall favored him for staff postings. He commanded the Ninth Service Command from July 1942 to October 1943.

Joyce reached retirement age from the U.S. Army in 1943, at which point Eisenhower, by then a prominent officer in the European Theater, appointed him to the Allied Commission for Italy.

Joyce died in January 1960, aged 80, and a funeral service was held at Fort Myer.

Dates of rank

No insignia Private, United States Volunteers: May 13, 1898
No insignia Private, Regular Army: March 3, 1900
No pin insignia in 1901 Second lieutenant, Regular Army: February 2, 1901
First lieutenant, Regular Army: February 18, 1908
Captain, Regular Army: July 1, 1916
Major, National Army: August 5, 1917
Lieutenant colonel, National Army: June 17, 1918
Colonel, National Army: September 14, 1918
Captain, Regular Army: June 30, 1920 (reverted to permanent rank)
Major, Regular Army: July 1, 1920
Lieutenant colonel, Regular Army: March 16, 1921
Colonel, Regular Army: July 1, 1932
Brigadier general, Regular Army: November 1, 1936
Major general, Regular Army: November 1, 1939
Major general, retired list: November 30, 1943
Major general, retired on active duty: December 1, 1943
(recalled to active duty)
Major general, retired list: June 30, 1944

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 D'Este 2002, p. 269.
  2. ↑ D'Este 2002, p. 170.
  3. ↑ D'Este 2002, p. 301.
  4. 1 2 Smith 2012, p. 161.
  5. ↑ Official Register of Commissioned Officers of the United States Army, 1946. pg. 936.

Sources

  • D'Este, Carlo (2002), Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, Macmillan, ISBN 0-8050-5686-6
  • Smith, Jean Edward (2012), Eisenhower in War and Peace, Random House, ISBN 978-0-679-64429-3
  • Generals of World War II