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John States Seybold

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Seybold retired from active duty in the Army on November 30, 1955, and was advanced to major general on the retired list. He then completed his four-year term as governor in May 1956.
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Seybold graduated from West Point in June 1920. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, and later transferred to the
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in June 1922. Seybold served with the 11th Engineers in the Panama Canal Zone from November 1922 to October 1925.
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from September 1928 to July 1934. Seybold then served as an assistant to the district engineer in
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Seybold served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1952 to 1956. Seybold hosted
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Seybold lived in Washington, D.C., after retirement and died on April 19, 1982, at
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After the war, Seybold served as district engineer in
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Topeka, Kansas
Washington, D.C.
United States of America

United States Army

Major General
Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
World War II
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Panama Canal Zone
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka High School
University of Kansas
United States Military Academy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1st Engineers
Fort Hancock, New Jersey
Texas A&M College
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Washington, D.C.
World War II
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Syracuse, New York
Baltimore, Maryland
Bismarck, North Dakota

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