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Lt. General Eugene Reybold
Born February 13, 1884, in Delaware City, Delaware, Eugene Reybold was distinguished as the
World War II Chief of Engineers who directed the largest Corps of Engineers in the nation's history.
The General 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.
Reybold graduated from the General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth in 1923, and the Army War
College in 1927.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). Reybold was appointed Chief of Engineers in 1941 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.
Born February 13, 1884, in Delaware City, Delaware, Eugene Reybold was distinguished as the
World War II Chief of Engineers who directed the largest Corps of Engineers in the nation's history.
The General 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.
Reybold graduated from the General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth in 1923, and the Army War
College in 1927.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). Reybold was appointed Chief of Engineers in 1941 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.
