Ira T. Wyche, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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career US Army officer, served as Inspector General
Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1887
Place of Birth: Ocracoke, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 08-Jul-1981
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Ira T. Wyche
- Major General Ira Thomas Wyche (16 October 1887 – 8 July 1981) was a career officer in the United States Army who became Inspector General of the United States Army.
- A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, during World War I he served in the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front, and returned to the United States to train artillery students.
- He spent time teaching and attending various army schools from 1918–1942; including the United States Army Command and General Staff College and United States Army War College. In May 1942, he took command of the 79th Infantry Division.
- He led the division in the Normandy landings, and oversaw many of its battles until May 1945.
- After World War II ended, Wyche took command of VIII Corps.
- He would later serve on the Officer Interview Board and command III Corps and 1st Service Command.
- He served as Inspector General of the Army from January 1947 to September 1948, during which he investigated charges that John C.
- H.
- Lee misused enlisted men under his command in occupied Italy.
- Wyche retired from the army in September 1948, and moved to Pinehurst, North Carolina.
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