Francis William Farrell Explained
Francis William Farrell (May 28, 1900 – January 27, 1981) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He successively commanded the 82nd Airborne Division, V Corps and Seventh United States Army.
Early life
Farrell was born on May 28, 1900, in Chicago, Illinois.[1] [2]
Start of military career
He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1920.[3] Initially assigned to the infantry branch, General Farrell graduated from the Infantry Officer Course in 1921.[4] He then served in several infantry assignments, including postings to Hawaii and China.[5] [6] In 1928, General Farrell transferred to the Field Artillery branch. He completed the Field Artillery Officer Course in 1928.[7]
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was an instructor at West Point.[8] he graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1939.[9]
World War II
From 1942 to 1944, Farrell served in the Pacific Theater as chief of staff of the 11th Airborne Division.[10] [11] He commanded the 11th Airborne Division Artillery from 1944 to 1946.[12]
Post-World War II
After World War II, Farrell was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina as commander of the 13th Airborne Division Artillery.[13] In mid-1946, Farrell was named chief of staff of the 82nd Airborne Division.[14] He served in this assignment for only a few months before being appointed as chief of the Air Branch at Army Ground Forces, where he remained from late 1946 until 1948.[15] Farrell was named director of the Technical Training Group at Sandia Missile Base, New Mexico in 1948.[16] [17] [18]
Korean War
From 1950 to 1951, he was commander of the Korean Military Advisory Group, responsible for training and logistical support to the fledgling South Korean Army.[19] [20] [21]
Post-Korean War
In 1952, Farrell was assigned as deputy assistant chief of staff for operations on the Army Staff, serving until 1953.[22] [23] He commanded the 82nd Airborne Division from 1953 to 1955.[24] In 1955, he was assigned as special assistant for national security affairs, advising the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[25] [26] General Farrell was named to command V Corps in 1957, serving until 1959.[27] [28] [29] [30] In 1959, General Farrell was assigned as commander of the Seventh United States Army, remaining in this post until he reached retirement age in 1960.[31] [32]
Civilian work
After retiring from the Army in 1960,[33] [34] [35] General Farrell was appointed as New York State's Civil Defense Director, serving from 1961 to 1963.[36] [37] [38]
Retirement and death
In retirement, he resided in Arlington, Virginia, where he died on January 27, 1981.[2] He was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery.[39]
Farrell had married Anne Ramsey (December 27, 1909 – May 20, 2011) on July 15, 1931, at West Point, New York.[40] The couple had a son, a daughter and six grandchildren.[41] Their son Francis William Farrell Jr. (born October 5, 1938) is a 1960 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy who served in Vietnam[42] and attained the rank of colonel.[41] After Lt. Gen. Farrell's death, Anne Farrell remarried in April 1982 with retired General James Edward Moore,[43] whose first wife had died in September 1976.[41] Anne Farrell Moore was interred next to her first husband on September 6, 2011.[44]
Awards
His awards and decorations included two Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, two awards of the Bronze Star, and two Air Medals.[45] [46]
External links
Notes and References
- https://archive.org/stream/officialarmyregi19571unit#page/266/mode/2up Official U.S. Army Directory
- Social Security Death Index
- Book: Cullum, George Washington . Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890 . George Washington Cullum . Wirt . Robinson . VI-B: 1910–1920 . . 2161 . 1920 . 2022-12-12 . Google Books.
- https://archive.org/stream/officialarmyregi1949unit#page/168/mode/2up Official U.S. Army Directory
- News: War Department Orders . . Washington . 3 . July 10, 1923 . 2022-12-12 . Newspapers.com.
- Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957, Passenger and Crew List, Ship President Madison, August 13, 1926
- https://archive.org/stream/officialarmyregi19541unit#page/232/mode/2up Official U.S. Army Directory
- U.S. Federal Census Entry, Francis W. Farrell, 1930
- https://archive.org/stream/officialarmyregi19561unit#page/262/mode/2up Official U.S. Army Directory
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Bgv6nas1X4oC&dq=farrell+11th+airborne&pg=PA177 U.S.A. Airborne: 50th Anniversary, 1940-1990
- The Angels: a History of the 11th Airborne Division, by E.M. Flanagan, 1989, page 6
- The American Catholic Who's Who, published by Walter Romig, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1973, Volume 20, page 118
- New York Red Book, Volume 72, 1963, page 363
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-XYhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T4kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1266,941101&dq=farrell+82nd+airborne+chief+of+staff&hl=en Newspaper article, State, Spa CD Directors to Attend Board Meeting
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QfIqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6YkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=639,4604781&dq=farrell+82nd+airborne+chief+of+staff&hl=en Newspaper article, Siena ROTC Review by Farrell Set
- https://www.nytimes.com/1950/06/23/archives/truman-proposes-shift-of-generals-army-commands-in-europe-and-u-s.html Newspaper article, Truman Proposes Shift of Generals
- Sandia National Laboratories: the Postwar Decade, by Necha Stewart Furman, 1990, page 690
- Book: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy . IX: 1940–1950 . . 361 . 1950 . 2022-12-12.
- http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/csi_op18_ramsey_advisors1.pdf Advising Indigenous Forces: American Advisors in Korea, Vietnam, and El Salvador
- Hell or high water: MacArthur's landing at Inchon, by Walter J. Sheldon, 1968, page 14
- Military Advisors in Korea: KMAG in Peace and War, by Robert K. Sawyer, Walter G. Hermes, published by U.S. Department of the Army Office of Military History, 1962, page 156
- Newspaper article, 3 General Officers Given New Posts, by United Press International, Stars and Stripes, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, June 1, 1952
- Newspaper article, Army Gives New Assignments to 11 Generals, by United Press International, Stars and Stripes, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, October 2, 1953
- Web site: 82nd Airborne Division Commanders. United States Army Center of Military History. March 30, 2010. February 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100203142907/http://www.history.army.mil/html/matrix/82abd/82abd-cdrs.html. dead.
- Newspaper article, 3 Generals Shift, Loucks Retiring, by Stars and Stripes Washington Bureau, Stars and Stripes, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, May 28, 1955
- https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/23/archives/new-6th-army-chief-mathewson-to-succeed-young-in-west-coast-command.html Newspaper article, New 6th Army Chief; Mathewson to Succeed Young in West Coast Command
- Newspaper article, Mathewson Named 6th Army CG, Stars and Stripes, April 26, 1957
- http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?http&&&www.usarmygermany.com/Units/3rd%20Inf%20Div/USAREUR_3rd%20Inf%20Div.htm 3rd Infantry Division page
- http://www.aogusma.org/CLASS/crmp/2006/bios/1920.htm Class of 1920 class rings page
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061230093301/http://www.vcorps.army.mil/references/history_nov2001.pdf Pamphlet, The History of V Corps
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U7EfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QdcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1958,1056877&dq=francis+farrell+seventh+army&hl=en Newspaper column, The Washington Scene: Significant Shifts
- https://archive.today/20120715014521/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RBkqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1iUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7349,1751059&dq=francis+farrell+army&hl=en Newspaper article, Davidson to Get 7th Army Helm
- https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E17FB34591A7A93C6A8178ED85F448685F9 Newspaper article, West Point to Get New Chief July 1
- Newspaper article, Farrell Retiring, by United Press International, Stars and Stripes, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, May 14, 1960
- Newspaper article, 7th Army, Bonn Troops Honor Retiring Farrell, by Herb Scott, Staff Writer, Stars and Stripes, Stars and Stripes, Europe, Mediterranean, and North Africa Editions, July 1, 1960
- https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/575373932.html?dids=575373932:575373932&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+11,+1961&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=GEN+HUEBNER+TO+QUIT+AS+N.Y.+DEFENSE+CHIEF&pqatl=google Newspaper article, Gen Huebner to Quit as N.Y. Defense Chief
- https://www.nytimes.com/1961/06/25/archives/lieut-f-w-farrell-marries-jean-ryan.html Newspaper article, Lieut. F. W. Farrell Marries Jean Ryan
- https://www.nytimes.com/1963/07/06/archives/civil-defense-head-in-state-resigns.html Newspaper article, Civil Defense Head in State Resigns
- Web site: US Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Grave Site Locator . 2010-12-03 . 2019-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190517121033/http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 . dead .
- News: Marriage License . July 7, 1931 . 15307 . New York City Clerk's Office.
- News: James E. Moore, Retired Army General, Dies . January 30, 1986 . The Washington Post . 2021-04-22.
- Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=8HabECJ71A0C&pg=PA765 . Official Register of the Officers and Cadets . Class of 1960—Register of Graduates . 1969 . 765 . United States Military Academy . 2021-04-22.
- News: Marriage Return . April 8, 1982 . 82–012954 . Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics . Richmond, Virginia.
- Web site: Moore, Anne Farrell . ANCExplorer . U.S. Army . 2021-04-22.
- https://archive.org/stream/officialarmyregi19601unit#page/330/mode/2up Official U.S. Army Register
- Alphabetical Index, Recipients of Major Military Awards, Military Times, Hall of Valor Web Site
