Orlando Ward

Orlando Ward
Born	November 4, 1891 Macon, Missouri, United States
Died	February 4, 1972 (aged 80) Denver, Colorado, United States
Buried	Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1914–1953
Rank	Major General
Service number	0-3729
Unit	Cavalry Branch Field Artillery Branch Armor Branch
Commands	2nd Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment 1st Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery Regiment 1st Armored Brigade 1st Armored Division United States Army Field Artillery School 20th Armored Division 6th Infantry Division V Corps
Battles / wars	Pancho Villa Expedition World War I World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Purple Heart Legion of Merit (2)
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Major General Orlando Ward (November 4, 1891 – February 4, 1972) was a career United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. During the latter, as a major general, he commanded the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch and during the first few months of the Tunisian campaign, before being relieved in March 1943. He trained and returned to Europe in 1945 as commander of the 20th Armored Division.

Ward also served as Secretary to the Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, in the critical years prior to the war and made major contributions to field artillery procedures in the 1930s that, a decade later, made the American field artillery especially effective in World War II.