Hugh John Casey

Hugh John Casey

Hugh John Casey (Pat) was a Major General in the US Army and General MacArthur's chief engineer.

Table of contents
1 Family
2 Military Career
3 Military Decorations
4 Burial

Casey's son, US Army Major Hugh Boyd Casey[?], was a veteran of World War II and was killed in an air crash during the Korean War.

1929 - 1933 -- assistant to officer in charge of river & harbor section, Office of the Chief of Engineers[?]

September 25, 1929 -- promoted to Captain
1933 - 1935 -- attends Technische Hochschule[?], Berlin, Germany
1935 - 1936 -- Commands Engineering Division, Passamquoddy Tidal Power Project[?]
1936 - 1937 -- Executive Officer to District Engineer, Ohio River
1937 - 1940 -- Assistant to General MacArthur - Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government, Manila, the Philippines
February 1, 1940 -- promoted to Major
1940 - 1941 -- Chief of Design & Engineering, [[Office of the Quartermaster General
1941 - 1942 -- Chief Engineer - US Army Forces Far East[?]
June 4, 1942 -- promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
1942 - 1944 -- Chief Engineer - General Headquarters - South West Pacific Area[?]
January 24, 1948 -- promoted to Brigadier General
1949 -- US Delagate to the 17th International Navigation Congress[?]
December 31, 1949 -- Retired (disability)

Casey is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.