Background
Vestal, Samuel Curtis was born on April 6, 1873 in Cloverdale, Indiana, United States. Son of William B. and Isis M. (East) Vestal.
Vestal, Samuel Curtis was born on April 6, 1873 in Cloverdale, Indiana, United States. Son of William B. and Isis M. (East) Vestal.
Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, 1895, Army Staff College, 1906, Army War College, 1915, General Staff College, 1920.
Private, corporal and sergeant, Company East, 2d Infantry, 1895. Second lieutenant 7th Artillery, 1898. Promoted through grades to colonel, 1920.
Retired.
1937. With siege train, Spanish-American War. In Puerto Rico, 1903-1904. In Philippines, 1909-1911, 1924-1927.
Commander 339th Regiment Field Artillery, August 1917.
Arrived in France, September 1918. Participated in Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Inspector 6th Corps, after Armistice. Instructor Army War College, 1920-1924.
Assistant commandant Coast Artillery School, 1927.
Chief of historical section Army War College, 1928-1930. Professor military science and tactics, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1930-1937. Associate member Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, 1929-1933.
Member American History Association, American Legion.
Married Olive South. Miller, of Greencastle, Indiana, March 29, 1899 (died 1943). Married second, Bertha Kimmel, February 3, 1946. Children: Mildred (Mistress M. V. Seeds), William Miller.