Charles Symmonds


Charles Symmonds was a Brigadier General in the United States Army. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal.
His award citation reads:
Symmonds' official residence was listed as Kenosha, Wisconsin. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1888 and served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. After the war he was a cavalry commander at Fort Bliss, Texas, and then for two years was the commandant of the cavalry school at Fort Riley, Kansas. Symmonds is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.