Clarke T. Baldwin, Jr.

13631-1943 memorial-photo — Maj. Gen. Clarke T. Baldwin, Jr.

Clarke Tileston Baldwin, Jr. (27 February 1923 in Newton, Massachusetts - 6 December 1982 in Washington D.C.) was a United States Army Major General.

Early life[]

Clarke was born in Newton, Massachusetts on February 27, 1923, to Clarke Sr. and Janice L. Baldwin. He also had two sisters (Jane and Mary) and a brother (Liggett). His father was a Boston investment banker. Following early schooling in Newton, the family moved to Warrenton, Virginia where he attended the Stuyvesant School.

Military service and assignments[]

ClarkeBaldwin WestPoint — Official 1943 West Point Graduation Photo

1940 - 1943: Attended the United States Military Academy, graduated on June 1, 1943
1943 - 1945: Commissioned in the Cavalry (ASN: 0–26037); served in World War II with the 3rd Cavalry Group (Mechanized); part of the first group of ten officers in Detachment R studying Russian for eighteen months at Columbia University followed by another eighteen months of intensive study at Oberammagau, Germany; as part of this training he served as a State Department courier between Berlin and Moscow and as an interpreter of the Allied Control Command in Berlin.
1948 - ?: sent to Bad Kreuznach as a liaison officer to the French northern zone for the 2nd Constabulary.
1950 - ?: assigned to the Military Academy to teach German for one year and Russian for two years.
? - ?: sent to Cairo as an assistant Army attaché where he wrote a pilot course in Arabic for use at the Academy.
? - 1957: studied at the United States Army Command and General Staff College
?: Executive Officer, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, 4th Armored Division; later G-2
?: Deputy Chief of the United States Military Liaison Mission in Potsdam
1961 - ?: Commanding officer of 8th Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment
?: tactical and staff officer, Headquarters, Department of the Army
? - 1963: attended the National War College
? - 1965: assigned to Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Department of the Army
1965 - 1967: Army attaché to Laos
1967 - ?: Commanding Officer of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment; later became Assistant Division Commander of the 4th Armored Division
? - ?: Deputy, later Director of International and Civil Affairs in DCSOPS
? - ?: Chief of the Joint United States Military Mission, Madrid, Spain
? - ?: Assistant Chief of Staff for Security Assistance, J8, Pacific Command
? - 1976: Director, Near East and South Asia Region, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
1976: Retired from military service on September 30, 1976, with the rank of Major General.

Dates of rank[]

June 1, 1943: Second Lieutenant
December 1, 1943: First Lieutenant
January 2, 1957: Major
March 11, 1959: Lieutenant Colonel
August 3, 1965: Colonel
c. 1970: Brigadier General
c. 1973: Major General

Other education[]

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy in 1943.

Post-military career[]

He was a consultant to the General Research Corporation in McLean, Virginia. He and his wife continued to live in their home in Falls Church, Virginia.

Personal life[]

Clarke married Bettie Powell Rodes in the Nicolassee church in Berlin, Germany on May 1, 1948. Together they had four daughters (Janet, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Victoria) and a son (Clarke III). His wife died on August 1, 2015.

Death[]

He passed away on December 6, 1982, in Washington D.C. He was 59 years old. He was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Awards[]

Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit with 3 bronze oak leaf clusters
Bronze Star Medal with "V" device
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 Service stars
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal
Presidential Unit Citation with oak leaf cluster
Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol

Sources[]

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