Background
SULTAN, Dan I. was born on December 9, 1885 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Dan I. and Emma L. (Wohlleben) Sultan.
SULTAN, Dan I. was born on December 9, 1885 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Dan I. and Emma L. (Wohlleben) Sultan.
TJ. of Mississippi, 2 years. United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1907. Various Army Service Schools.
Y. Department Engineer in charge of fortification construction at Manila, Philippine Islands, 1916-1917. Promoted from Second Lieutenant, to First Lieutenant 1911, Captain 1915, Major, 1917. During War served as Colonel, War Department General Staff in office of Executive Assistant, to Chief of Staff of the Army.
Awarded Distinguished Service Medal. Diet. Engineer in charge of river and harbor works in Savannah, Georgia. District, 1924-1925; meni, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, Washington, District of Columbia, 3 years.
Command of all United States Army Troops in Nicaragua and in charge of survey of the Interoceanic Canal across Nicaragua.
Clubs: Army and Navy, Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country (Washington, District of Columbia).
Spouse Florence Braden, January 29, 1916, Highland Falls, N.