Orlando Ward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army general
Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1891
Place of Birth: Macon, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 04-Feb-1972
Profession: general officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Orlando Ward
- 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 Tunisia 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 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.
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