Background
Barrett, Charles D. was born on August 16, 1885 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert South and Kate (Waller) Barrett.
Barrett, Charles D. was born on August 16, 1885 in Henderson, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert South and Kate (Waller) Barrett.
Student Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia, 1901-1903. Attended field officers course, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia, 1932-1933. Brevet etat major, École Superieure de Guerre, Paris, 1929.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Marine Corps., 1909, First lieutenant, 1916, captain, 1916, major, 1918, lieutenant colonel, 1934, colonel, 1937, brig. general, 1942, major general, October 1943. Received Mexican Service medal, 1914. Victory medal (with Meuse-Argonne clasp), 1918.
Expeditionary medal, 1922.
Member of the United States Naval Institute (former directory).
Married Emily Hawley Beach Johnson, March 2, 1918. Children: Charles Dodson, Constance Cardigan.