Raymond S. McLain
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Raymond Stallings McLain (October 4, 1890 Washington County, Ky. – December 14, 1954 Oklahoma City) was a general of the United States Army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant General.
In the words of George C. Marshall, Raymond S. McLain "gave great distinction to the term 'citizen soldier'". His service to his state and nation spanned more than forty years.
General McLain began his military service with the Oklahoma National Guard in 1912, later serving on the Mexican border and in Europe during World War I. In 1938, while pursuing a career in business, McLain attended the Special Command and General Staff Class for Guard and Reserve officers.
During World War II, he commanded the 45th Infantry Division Artillery in Sicily, where he earned the first of two Distinguished Service Crosses. At Normandy in 1944, McLain took command of the troubled 90th Infantry Division, transformed it into a first-class fighting formation, and led it across Europe. He then assumed command of the XIX Corps, becoming the only guardsman to command a corps in combat.
For his distinguished service, he was appointed a Regular Army brigadier general, the first guardsman so honored. Later, he became the first comptroller of the Army. At the time of his death in 1954 he was serving on President Dwight Eisenhower's National Security Commission.
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His son, Robert D. McLain, would like the following information corrected in this Wikipedia entry: Your web site has some errors about my father, the late Lieutenant General Raymond Stallings McLain: 1. He was born April 4, 1890; not in October. 2. He died in Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D. C.; not in Oklahoma City. 3. He led the 90th Infantry Division across France; not Europe. 4. The "C" in comptroller of the Army should be a capital letter; the word is part of the offical title of that office. 5. He was a member of the National Security Training Commission; not the National Security Commission(there was no such commission). 6. He was also a member of the National Police Depatment
