Eugene Reybold

Eugene Reybold
Lieutenant General Eugene Reybold
Born	February 13, 1884 Delaware City, Delaware
Died	November 21, 1961 Washington, D.C.
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1908–1946
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Chief of Engineers (1941-1945)
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal (2)

Eugene Reybold (February 13, 1884 – November 21, 1961) was distinguished as the World War II Chief of Engineers who directed the largest United States Army Corps of Engineers in the nation's history.

Reybold was born in Delaware City, Delaware. He graduated from Delaware College in 1903. Commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1908, Reybold was assigned to military housing and coast defense construction work. Stationed at Fort Monroe throughout World War I, he became commandant of the Coast Artillery School in 1919. He transferred to the Corps of Engineers in 1926 and served as District Engineer in Buffalo, New York; Wilmington, North Carolina; and Memphis, Tennessee. In the last assignment he successfully battled record Mississippi River flood crests. He was Southwestern Division Engineer (1937–40) and War Department Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (1940–41). Appointed Chief of Engineers shortly before Pearl Harbor, General Reybold directed the Corps' tremendous range of activities throughout the war and was the first officer ever to rank as lieutenant general while Chief of Engineers. Reybold retired January 31, 1946, and died November 21, 1961, in Washington, D.C.

He was awarded a Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.

References

This article contains public domain text from "Lieutenant General Eugene Reybold". Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050306124500/http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/coe3.htm#38. Retrieved August 24, 2005. 

Military offices
Preceded by Julian Larcombe Schley	Chief of Engineers 1941—1945	Succeeded by Raymond A. Wheeler