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Years of service
  
1928 - 1958

Rank
  
Major General


Name
  
Patrick Ryan

Commands held
  
Chaplain Corps

Role
  
Chaplain

Patrick J. Ryan (chaplain)

Born
  
December 12, 1902 Manannah, Minnesota (
1902-12-12
)

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Battles/wars
  
World War II Korean War

Awards
  
Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal

Died
  
June 5, 1975, Washington, D.C., United States

Education
  
University of St. Thomas

Service/branch
  
United States Army

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Korean War

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Chaplain (Major General) Patrick James Ryan, USA (December 12, 1902 – June 5, 1975) was an American military officer who served as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1954 to 1958.

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Biography

Ryan was born near Manannah Township, Minnesota on December 12, 1902. He would graduate from the College of St. Thomas and the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity and became an ordained Roman Catholic priest. He was later given the title of Monsignor by Pope Pius XII and the title of Prothonotary Apostolic by Pope Paul VI. Ryan died on June 5, 1975, in Washington, D.C..

Career

Ryan joined the United States Army in 1928. Early in his career, he was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, among other places. During World War II, he served in Morocco and Italy. Following the war, he served as Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1946 to 1948 and from 1952 to 1954 with the rank of Brigadier General. He would then serve as Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army with the rank of Major General from 1954 until his retirement in 1958.

Awards he received include the Legion of Merit, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the Navy Presidential Unit Citation with award star.

References

Patrick J. Ryan (chaplain) Wikipedia