Background
KOENIG, William Charles was born on December 14, 1885 in Cullman, Alabama, United States. Son of William Henry and Joanna Jane (Dunn) Koenig.
KOENIG, William Charles was born on December 14, 1885 in Cullman, Alabama, United States. Son of William Henry and Joanna Jane (Dunn) Koenig.
Grammar and High Schools. East Texas Baptist College, Rusk, Texas, two years. United States Naval Academy, 1909.
Coast Artillery School, 1914. Field Officers Advanced Course, C.A. School, 1928. Command and General Staff School, 1929.
Second Lieutenant, C.A.C., 1909. First Lieutenant, 1911. Captain, 1916; Major, 1920.
Major, C.A.C., N.A., 1918. Lieutenant Colonel, C.A.C., United States Army, 1918. Honorary dis charged 1920.
Ordnance Officer, Coast Defenses of Boston, 1912-1913. Qm., Boston Harbor, 1911-1912. O.O. Coast Defenses Chesapeake Bay, 1916-1917.
On duty office Chief Trans. Service, Washington, A. C., 1917-1918. Army Artillery, First Army France, April-June, 1918.
Office Chief Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919. Office Chief Trans. Service, Washington, District of Columbia, May-September, 1919. Port Commander, Port of Antwerp, Belgium, 1918-1922.
On duty Embassy Berlin, 1922-1923. Assistant Military Attache, American Embassy, Paris, France, 1923-1927. Prof, of Military Science and Tactics, University of Kansas., Lawrence, Kansas., since 1929.
Member: American Legion. Forty and Eight; Scabbard and Blade. Mortar and Ball; Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
Clubs: Lawrence Country, Fort Leavenworth Officers, Cercle Interalliee (Paris, France), Rotary.
Spouse Eugenia MacCoy, August 1909, Baltimore, Maryland.