Background
Liebel, Willard Koehler was born on March 28, 1901 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of George John and Ida (Koehler) Liebel.
Liebel, Willard Koehler was born on March 28, 1901 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of George John and Ida (Koehler) Liebel.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1924. Graduate Infantry School, 1935, Command and General Staff College, 1936, Armed Forces Staff College, 1946.
Served with Ohio National Guard, 1917-1919. Second in command Lieutenant, infantry United States Army, 1924, advanced through grades to major general, 1955. Officer 1st Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1924-1926, aide-de-camp Brig.
General Harold B. Fisk, 1926-1927, Brig. General F. C. Bolles, 1927-1934, 35. Company, staff duty, Fort Douglas, Utah, 1937-1939.
Aide-de-camp Brig. General Walter E. Prosser, Camp Jackson, South Carolina., 1939-1940, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1940, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone, 1940-1941. Chief combat intelligence section General Headquarters, Washington, 1941-1942, chief theater intelligence, intelligence division War Department, 1942-1943. Chief staff 17th Airborne Division, Camp McCall, North Carolina, 1942-1943, assistant division commander, 1943-1945.
Assistant chief staff G-2, later provost marshal 4th Army, 1945-1946. Senior airborne instructor Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, 1946-1947. Commander 7821 Composite Group, 1947-1948, provost marshal, Austria, 1948-1950.
Acting assistant division commander 10th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, 1950. Commander 86th Infantry Regiment, 1950-1951, assistant division commander 10th Infantry Division, 1951, 52. Chief support plans branch J-3 Division, Headquarters European Command, 1952-1954.
Chief United States Military Aid Advisory Group, Portugal, 1954-1956. Commanding general, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, 1956-1957.
Served with Ohio National Guard, 1917-1919.
Married Helena Wiegand, June 16, 1927. Children: John P. (colonel United States Air Force), Margot-Helene (Mistress Robert H. Overby).