Carroll N. LeTellier (July 20, 1928 – March 27, 2019) was a
US Army Major General and both a
Korean War and
Vietnam War combat veteran, serving with the
US Army Corps of Engineers. As a
Brigadier General (United States)
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A brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below a major general. The pay grade of bri ...
, he commanded ENGCOM, headquartered then in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1976, LeTellier retired from the military at the rank of
Major general (United States) to a private civilian practice at
Sverdrup Civil, Inc.
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, the then 6th largest architecture and civil engineering firm in the United States, which he in turn retired from as vice president in 2002.
Education
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina awarded
Major general (United States) Carroll LeTellier a
BS in civil engineering '49,
MIT awarded LeTellier a Master in Civil Engineering, and The Citadel subsequently also awarded LeTellier a Doctorate in Civil Engineering (
Honoris causa
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'99).
Death
A resident of
Charleston, South Carolina
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, LeTellier died on March 27, 2019, at the age of 90.
Awards and decorations
LeTellier's military decorations include the
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
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, 5 awards of the
Legion of Merit
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, the
Bronze Star Medal
The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
Wh ...
, and the
Air Medal. The Major General was inducted into the mere 212 member US
National Academy of Engineering.
[Grathwol, R. P. & Moorhus, D. M., Building for Peace: U.S. Army Engineers in Europe, 1945–1991 (2005), , work of US Federal Government, no copyright), Washington, D.C., U.S. Govt. Printing Office, pp. 163-167, also, p. 358]
See also
List of members of the National Academy of Engineering (Civil)
References
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1928 births
2019 deaths
United States Army generals
American civil engineers
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Recipients of the Air Medal
Military personnel from Charleston, South Carolina
The Citadel alumni
MIT School of Engineering alumni