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Home Town Newington, CT
Last Address New York City. Burial: Newington Cemetery Newington, Hartford County Connecticut, USA
Date of Passing Apr 26, 1932
Location of Interment Newington Cemetery - Newington Cemetery, Connecticut
Wall/Plot Coordinates Family plot.
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Vice Admiral Roger Welles, Jr., U.S.N. (Ret.)
United States. Naval Forces, Europe.
United States. Navy--Intelligence specialists.
United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet.
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet.
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence.
Colombia--Discovery and exploration.
Indians of South America--Venezuela World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Spanish-American War, 1898
Commendant 5th and 11th Naval Districts
First Commendant San Diego Training Station
First "Navy Mayor" of San Diego, Calif.
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Decorations include:
Navy Cross - 1919
Spanish Campaign, Cuba, Atlantic Medals, 1898 - 1898
Philippine Campaign Medal - Navy/Marine Corps - 1899
WWI Victory Medal - 1918
Commander of the Legion of Honor (France) - 1919
Grand Officer Order of Leopold II (Belgium) - 1919
Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class, Japan - 1919
Biographical Notes. VAdm. Admiral Roger Welles, Jr.
Date
Apr 26, 1932
Last Updated: Sep 5, 2017
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Biographical Notes on VAdm. Roger Welles, Jr.
Born: Dec. 7 1862. Newington, Conn. 1884 Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1884 Duty in USS Tennessee as flag midshipman 1887 Duty in USS Thetis, North Pacific Fleet 1891 Sent to Venezuela and the Guianas to explore the Orinoco River as U.S. special representative for the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill. 1894 Duty in USS Essex 1896 Duty in USS Texas 1897 Duty in Massachusetts Nautical Schoolship Enterprise 1898 Duty in USS Wasp, Spanish-American War 1902 Duty in USS Mayflower 1903 Student, U.S. Naval War College 1906 Duty in USS Wisconsin 1907 Inspector of equipment, Force River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass. 1908 Married Harriet Ogden Deen 1909-1910 Commanded USS New Orleans, Asiatic Fleet 1911-1913 Commanded USS Louisiana, Atlantic Fleet 1913-1915 Commandant, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. 1917-1919 Director, U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence 1919 Promoted to rear admiral, Commander, First Division of the Atlantic Fleet 1920-1923 Commandant, Eleventh Naval District 1925 Promoted to vice admiral 1925-1926 Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe 1926 Retired from the Navy 1932, Apr. 26 Died, New York, N.Y.