Background
ROCKENBACH, Samuel D. was born on January 1, 1869 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Frank J. and Jane (Nicholson) Rockenbach.
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Samuel D. ROCKENBACH
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Education
Virginia. Military Institute. Infantry. and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth. Army War College.
Career
C. United States Army from Lieutenant, to Brig General. Engineer Officer, Department Eastern Cuba, including Santiago, 1899-1902. Civil Governor., Cottabato District, Mindanao, 1909.
Staff General Pershing, 1917. Landed in France, June 1917. Organized and operated first American Base, St. Nazaire, France, June-Dee.
1917; Chief, Tank Corps, American Expeditionary Forces and United States Army, 1917-1920. Commandant, Tank School, 1920-1924. Brigadier General, commanding District of Washington, 1924-1927.
Commanding Second Cavalry Brigade, 1927-1928. Second Field Artillery Brigade, since 1928.
Membership
Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia), Army and Navy (New York).
Connections
Spouse Emma Baldwin, October 1898, Washington, D.
