LeRoy Lutes
General LeRoy Lutes (October 4, 1890 – January 30, 1980) was an American military officer who was in critical staff and supply positions during and after World War II.
Born in Cairo, Illinois, Lutes was a graduate of Wentworth Military Academy. He joined the Illinois National Guard in 1906 and received a commission in the Regulars in 1917 while serving on the Mexican border. He spent 1922-1939 in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, with the last four years spent at the National Guard Bureau.[1] In January 1940 he became assistant chief of staff for the Third Army in Atlanta, and he participated in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1940-1941. Brehon Somervell, impressed with Lutes' talents as a staff officer, helped advance his career.[2] Lutes was appointed Director of Operations, Headquarters Services of Supply in 1942. In succession he became Acting Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Army Service Forces; Chief of Staff and Deputy to the Commanding General, Army Service Forces; and on January 1, 1946, Commanding General, Army Service Forces. On June 11, 1946, he was assigned to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s General Staff as Director of the Service, Supply and Procurement Division. In 1947 he became Director of Staff of the Munitions Board and in 1949 he was made Commanding General of the Fourth Army. He retired from the Army in 1952. In 1955 he was appointed to a committee to advise the Office of Defense Mobilization on the availability of commodities related to national defense.[3]
For his services during World War II and its aftermath, Lutes received the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster. [4]
Family life
Lutes married four times; his wives were Martha M. Mulvihill (1893–1953), Charlotte Townsend Lutes (1902–1955), Mildred Speas Lutes (1911–1966, and Helen Kinney Lutes (1912 - 2011).[5] His son LeRoy Lutes Jr. (1914–1992) graduated from West Point and was a US Army colonel. He also received the Army Distinguished Service Medal, for service in Vietnam.[6]
References
- ^ Industrialists in Olive Drab: The Emergency Operation of Private Industries During World War 2, John H. Ohly, Center of Military History, 1999, p. 101
- ^ Lt. Gen. LeRoy Lutes: The Man Behind the Plan, by Manuela Richter
- ^ "Biography of Leroy Lutes".
- ^ Military Times, "Valor Awards for LeRoy Lutes"
- ^ Lutes family at Arlington Cemetery
- ^ Military Times, valor awards for LeRoy Lutes Jr.
External links
- Papers of Leroy Lutes, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
- [http://www.archive.org/stream/globallogisticss00leig/globallogisticss00leig_djvu.txt United States Army in World War II
The War Department Global Logistics and Strategy: 1940-1943]
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