Background
Wallender, Elmer Forrest was born on December 21, 1889 in Arthur City, Texas, United States. Son of James Arthur and Elizabeth (Sargent) Wallender.
Wallender, Elmer Forrest was born on December 21, 1889 in Arthur City, Texas, United States. Son of James Arthur and Elizabeth (Sargent) Wallender.
Educated Catholic and public schools, and Paris (Texas) Business College. Graduate Motor Transport School, 1921, Infantry School, 1926, Army Industrial College, 1940.
Enlisted in United State Army, 1914, and advanced through the grades to brigadier general, 1944. Served in Philippine Islands, 1915-1917, China, 1917-1919, Hawaiian Islands, 1932-1935. Commanding San Antonio General Depot, 1947.
Mason.; Club: Army and Navy (Washington).
Married Evelyn M. Torrance, December 29, 1918. Children: Lillian May (wife of Major John Fielding Longley), Elizabeth Ann (Mistress James Luther Chamberlain, Junior.