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William Wallace Atterbury (January 31, 1866 – September 20, 1935) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during World War I, who began his career with the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1886 and rose through the ranks to become its tenth president (1925–1935).
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Atterbury Army Air Field was named after William Wallace Atterbury, as is Camp Atterbury Atterbury was born in 1866 in New Albany, Indiana, the son of a Presbyterian minister. During World War I, Atterbury was commissioned as a Brigadier General. Atterbury reorganized the European Railroad network to create rapid movement of Allied Forces.
General William Wallace Atterbury. 31 Jan 1866 - 20 Sep 1935. William Wallace Atterbury was born 31 January 1866, at New Albany, Indiana, the son of John Guest Atterbury (02/07/1811 - 08/24/1887) and Catherine Jones Larned (11/15/1822 - ). He married Minnie Hoffman, on 11/13/1895 at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
In 1942, a military installation took root in land that only months before had been home to more than 500 farm families. The camp was named for Indiana native, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and World War I veteran Brigadier General William Wallace Atterbury, who served.
The Atterbury family papers are primarily of the personal papers of the younger W. W. Atterbury (1866-1935) as preserved by his family, along with a few items from his father, John Guest Atterbury (1811-1887), and uncle, William Wallace Atterbury (1823-1911).
BG William Wallace Atterbury ID: 2083. Biography. Awards, Medals, Badges. Photos. Remembrances. Tributes. Mementō Semper. Military Hall of Honor, a virtual Military Hall of Honor. Remembrances and tributes to all those who have honorably served in the US Armed Forces.
