USMA Class of 1924. Cullum No. 7236.
Colonel George Dakin Crosby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Major General Herbert B. Crosby. General Crosby was the District of Columbia Commissioner in charge of the police and fire departments from 1930 to 1933. General Crosby was former chief of the Army Cavalry. Colonel Crosby was a 1924 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He attended Columbia Preparatory School in the District of Columbia. He was a former Assistant Commander of the Ninth Corps Artillery in the Philippines and Korea. He had also been Chief of Staff at the Artillery School. In 1954 he retired from the United States Army and moved to Bradenton, Florida. He died at age 68 on Wednesday, November 17, 1971 in Bradenton after a long illness. Survivors included his wife, Frances Barnett Crosby; one son, Major George T. Crosby of West Point, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Glen A. Brown in Germany; four grandchildren; one brother and one sister. Interment was at the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Sunday, November 21, 1971.
Colonel George Dakin Crosby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Major General Herbert B. Crosby. General Crosby was the District of Columbia Commissioner in charge of the police and fire departments from 1930 to 1933. General Crosby was former chief of the Army Cavalry. Colonel Crosby was a 1924 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He attended Columbia Preparatory School in the District of Columbia. He was a former Assistant Commander of the Ninth Corps Artillery in the Philippines and Korea. He had also been Chief of Staff at the Artillery School. In 1954 he retired from the United States Army and moved to Bradenton, Florida. He died at age 68 on Wednesday, November 17, 1971 in Bradenton after a long illness. Survivors included his wife, Frances Barnett Crosby; one son, Major George T. Crosby of West Point, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Glen A. Brown in Germany; four grandchildren; one brother and one sister. Interment was at the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Sunday, November 21, 1971.
USMA Class of 1924. Cullum No. 7236.
Colonel George Dakin Crosby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Major General Herbert B. Crosby. General Crosby was the District of Columbia Commissioner in charge of the police and fire departments from 1930 to 1933. General Crosby was former chief of the Army Cavalry. Colonel Crosby was a 1924 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He attended Columbia Preparatory School in the District of Columbia. He was a former Assistant Commander of the Ninth Corps Artillery in the Philippines and Korea. He had also been Chief of Staff at the Artillery School. In 1954 he retired from the United States Army and moved to Bradenton, Florida. He died at age 68 on Wednesday, November 17, 1971 in Bradenton after a long illness. Survivors included his wife, Frances Barnett Crosby; one son, Major George T. Crosby of West Point, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Glen A. Brown in Germany; four grandchildren; one brother and one sister. Interment was at the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Sunday, November 21, 1971.
Colonel George Dakin Crosby was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Major General Herbert B. Crosby. General Crosby was the District of Columbia Commissioner in charge of the police and fire departments from 1930 to 1933. General Crosby was former chief of the Army Cavalry. Colonel Crosby was a 1924 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He attended Columbia Preparatory School in the District of Columbia. He was a former Assistant Commander of the Ninth Corps Artillery in the Philippines and Korea. He had also been Chief of Staff at the Artillery School. In 1954 he retired from the United States Army and moved to Bradenton, Florida. He died at age 68 on Wednesday, November 17, 1971 in Bradenton after a long illness. Survivors included his wife, Frances Barnett Crosby; one son, Major George T. Crosby of West Point, New York; one daughter, Mrs. Glen A. Brown in Germany; four grandchildren; one brother and one sister. Interment was at the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Sunday, November 21, 1971.
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