Background
Avery, Ray Longfellow was born on July 15, 1884 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Amariah and Anna Laura (Rexford) Avery.
Avery, Ray Longfellow was born on July 15, 1884 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Amariah and Anna Laura (Rexford) Avery.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1908. Student Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 1911-1912, Chemical Warfare School, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland., 1925. Command and General staff schedul, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1930-1932, Army Industrial College, 1934-1935, Army War College, 1935-1936.
Mistress Delegate McCorkle Oden). Commissioned Second lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, 1908, First lieutenant, 1909, captain, 1916, major, 1920. Transferred to Ordnance Department, 1920, Chemical Warfare Service, 1925.
With Militia Bureau, 1927-1930.
Commissioned lieutenant colonel, 1932, colonel, 1937, brigadier general, 1940. Commanding general Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland., 1940-1946.
Retired for physical disability, 1946.
Mason.; Clubs: Army and Navy, Army and Navy Country (Washington).
Married Margaret Ocheltree, August, 1911.