Background
Cleland, Joseph P. was born on March 2, 1902 in Holdredge, Nebraska, United States. Son of Joseph Pringle and Effie Geddes (Reed) Cleland.
Cleland, Joseph P. was born on March 2, 1902 in Holdredge, Nebraska, United States. Son of Joseph Pringle and Effie Geddes (Reed) Cleland.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1925. Graduate Infantry School, 1933. Command and General staff schedul, 1939, Airborn School, 1950.
Commissioned Second lieutenant infantry, United States Army, 1925, advanced through grades to major general, 1952. Assigned P.I., 1929-1931. Professor military science, tactics Kemper Military School, Missouri, 1936.
Assigned Panama, 1940-1942. Assistant military attache, Bogota, Colombia, 1942. Assistant chief staff for supply United States Army Forces, South Pacific area, 1942.
Commanding officer Provisional Service Command, Guadalcanal, 1943, 103d Infantry Regiment, 1944-1945. Assistant division commander 43d Division, 1945. Military attache, Santiago, Chile, 1946.
Instructor Command and General Staff College, 1947-1950. With 82d Airborne Division, 1950. Commanding officer 504th Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, 1950, 508th Regimental Combat Team, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1951.
Assistant division commander 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, 1951. Commanding officer 40th Division, Korea, 1952, 1st Cavalry Division, Hokkaido, Japan, 1953, 18th Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, since 1953.
Married Florence E. Cadotte, June 12, 1931.