Background
Haines, Ralph Edward was born on August 4, 1883 in Vinton, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred and Flora M. (Conklin) Haines.
Haines, Ralph Edward was born on August 4, 1883 in Vinton, Iowa, United States. Son of Alfred and Flora M. (Conklin) Haines.
Student Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1902-1904. Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1907. Honorary graduate Coast Artillery School, 1916.
Graduate advance course, same, 1923.
Distinguished graduated from Command and General staff schedul, 1924. Graduated from Army War College, 1927.
Second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, June 20, 1910. Promoted through grades to brigadier general United States Army, January 29, 1941. Commanded successively harbor defenses of Narragansett Bay, New York-Philadelphia sector, harbor defenses of San Francisco, Northern California Sector, Western Defense Command (present command).
Member Scabbard and Blade.
Married Ethel Lyman Smith, October 9, 1912. Children: Ralph East., John L. Commissioned.