Born: December 25, 1897
Major General, United States Army Service# 0-15023 Graduated United States Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1922
• Assistant Military Attaché to Egypt (w/British 8th Army), Sep. 1941–Jun. 1942
• Commanding Officer, 69th Armored Regiment, Jan. 1943– Mar. 1944 • Commanding Officer, 350th Infantry Regiment (Italy), Apr. 1944–Mar. 1945 • Assistant Commanding General, 88th Infantry Div. (Italy), Mar. 1945–Jun. 1945 • Commanding General, 88th Infantry Division (Italy), Jul. 1945–Nov. 1945 • Assistant Commanding General, 88th Infantry Div. (Italy), Dec. 1945–Jan. 1946 • Chairman of Integration Board, Army Ground Forces, Feb. 1946–Jan. 1947 • Attached to War Department General Staff, Jan. 1947–Dec. 1947 • Attached to Planning Office, Department of the Army, Dec. 1947–Oct. 1949 • Deputy US High Commissioner to Austria, Nov. 1949–Feb. 1952 • Commanding Officer, Tactical Command, US Forces in Austria, Feb. 1952–Apr. 1952 • Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division (Korea), May 1952–May 1953 • Chief of Career Management Division, Adjutant-General Office, May 1953–Mar. 1956 • Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group to Italy, Mar. 1956–1957 • RETIRED, 1958 Home or Place of Enlistment: Sandpoint, Idaho
Died: October 27, 1982
Buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General James Clyde Fry (ASN: 0-15023), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, 2d Infantry Division, in Korea, from 5 May 1952 to 14 April 1953. |
CITATION:
Colonel (Infantry) James Clyde Fry (ASN: 0-15023), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division, during World War II. |
CITATION:
Brigadier General James Clyde Fry (ASN: 0-15023), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding General, 88th Infantry Division, from 1944 to 1945. |