Background
Birnie, Upton was born on July 7, 1877 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Upton and Susan Alice (Galt) Birnie.
Birnie, Upton was born on July 7, 1877 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Upton and Susan Alice (Galt) Birnie.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1900. Distinguished graduate Infantry and Cavalry School, 1907. Graduated from Army Staff College, 1908.
Army War College, 1912, 21.
Appointed Second lieutenant artillery, 1900. Advanced through grades to colonel Field Artillery 1929. Appointed major general, chief of field artillery, 1934.
Relieved, 1938.
Retired with rank of major general, 1938.
Married Susan Turner Schenck, April. Children: Elizabeth Schenck (deceased), Sue Schenck (Mistress Francis I. Brady), Mistress Margaret Birnie Capron.