Joseph Cranston
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Biography
Joseph Cranston was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on September 8, 1898.[2][3][4] He attended Leavenworth High School, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point on November 1, 1918, after which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army.[2][3] He was promoted to brigadier general during World War II. For his service in the China Burma India Theater, he received the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star, and Chinese Order of the Cloud and Banner. He retired from the Army on July 31, 1948.[2]
He died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on December 2, 1973, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[2]
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- 1898 births
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- American male boxers
- Brigadier generals
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
- United States Army generals of World War II
- United States Military Academy alumni
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- Military personnel from Kansas
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- 20th-century American sportsmen