Background
Lauer, Walter Ernst was born on June 29, 1893 in Brooklyn. Son of Albert and Anna (Rehlmeyer) Lauer.
Lauer, Walter Ernst was born on June 29, 1893 in Brooklyn. Son of Albert and Anna (Rehlmeyer) Lauer.
Student Cornell Univercity, 1915-1917, School Small Arms, 1917-1918. Graduate Infantry School, 1927, Command and General staff schedul, 1938.
Commissioned Second lieutenant (Reserve) United States Army, August 15, 1917, regular army, October 26, 1917, advanced through the grades to major general, (temporary), 1944. Served in French and American Army of Occupation in Germany, 1918-1923. African Theater of Operations, c/s 3d Infantry Division, 1942-1943.
Appointed assistant division commander 93d Infantry Division, 1943.
Commanding general 99th Infantry Division (Battle Babies), 1943-1945, 66th Infantry Division, 1945, 80th Infantry Division, 1945, all European Theatre of Operations. Retired as major general, 1946.
Member United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration European Region Office, 1946. In charge of all surplus property in Europe. Member Scabbard and Blade, 1st Division Society, 99th Infantry Organization.
Married Lily Grace Hunter, June 9, 1918. Children: Helen Ivy, Hunter.