Background
Wylie, Robert Howard was born on February 24, 1899 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Danforth and Caroline (Gardner) Wylie.
Wylie, Robert Howard was born on February 24, 1899 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Danforth and Caroline (Gardner) Wylie.
Student, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, West Virginia, 1915-1917. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, 1917-1918. Graduate Motor Transport School, 1922, Question Manager School, 1936, Army Industrial College, 1937.
Special Navy Yard Course, 1927-1929.
Commissioned Second lieutenant Infantry, United States Army, 1918, advanced through grades to brigadier general, 1942. Assistant superintendent Army Transport Service, 1930-1931, 38-41. Assistant chief Transportation Corps., 1942-1947.
Retired.
Manager Board State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor.
Mason, Knight of the Order of the Thistle
Married Marjorie Leon Weir, October 8, 1919 (divorced). Married second, Elizabeth Salome Harris, November 18, 1936. Children: Robert Gardner, Carol Ann, Sarah Jean, Patricia Ruth.