Individual Details
LGEN Ashton Herbert MANHART
(24 Aug 1909 - 10 Dec 1969)
Events
| Birth | 24 Aug 1909 |  | |||
| Military | Bet 1928 and 1932 | United States Military Academy, West Point, Orange, New York, United States | | ||
| Military | 1932 - 1967 | Lieutenant General, U.S. Army |  | | |
| Marriage | 24 Feb 1934 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - Helen SAVAGE | | ||
| Death | 10 Dec 1969 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | | ||
| Funeral/Memorial | 16 Dec 1969 | Fort Myer Chapel - Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia, United States | | ||
| Burial | 18 Dec 1969 | Bear Cañon Cemetery, Sedalia, Douglas, Colorado, United States | | ||
| Biofile | 2007 | Manhart, Albert Wesley and Edna Jean (Doyle) | | ||
| Biofile | 2019 | Manhart, Ashton H. and Helen Savage | |
Families
| Spouse | Helen SAVAGE (1911 - 1970) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Albert Wesley MANHART (1877 - 1973) |
| Mother | Edna Jean DOYLE (1879 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Thomas Albert MANHART (1908 - 1999) |
Notes
Military
Ashton Herbert Manhart was a 1932 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York who retired from the U.S. Army in 1967 after 35 years of service; in WWII, commanded the 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry during action in Morocco, Tunisia, and Sicily; commanded the 15th Infantry during the Anzio landing, Italy; commanded 135th Infantry, 35th Division by the end of the war; in 1950 was deputy assistant commander of the 24th Infantry in Korea; as brigadier general in 1960, commanded 9th Infantry Division at Fort Carson (CO); in 1966 was deputy and vice-director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon; as lieutenant general in 1966, was U.S. representative to the Permanent Military Deputies Group of the Central Treaty Organization in Turkey. Awards included a Silver Star, two legions of Merit, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and the Italian Medal of Military Valor.Source: Bear Canyon Cemetery Records - Manhart Burials at Bear Canon
Endnotes
1. Sedalia Historic Group. Bear Canon Cemetery Vital Records (Douglas County, CO:, 2002), p. 15.
2. David Pack. Bear Canon Cemetery Photo Project, available online [douglascountyhistory.org/bearcanon/], accessed 07/10/2009., OCN-I-18.
3. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 25 Oct 1973.
4. Newspaper clipping article.
5. Sedalia Historic Group. Bear Canon Cemetery Vital Records (Douglas County, CO:, 2002), p. 15.
6. Ashton Herbert Manhart, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 15 December 1969, p. 21.
7. Newspaper clipping article.
8. Manhart, George, The Manhart Family Book (Delta, PA: George M. Manhart, July 1993), p. 121.
9. Ashton Herbert Manhart and Helen Savage, (21 February 1934), Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985: Certificate n# A067837; Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah.
10. Douglas County News, Castle Rock, Colorado., 25 Oct 1975.
11. Sedalia Historic Group. Bear Canon Cemetery Vital Records (Douglas County, CO:, 2002), p. 15.
12. David Pack. Bear Canon Cemetery Photo Project, available online [douglascountyhistory.org/bearcanon/], accessed 07/10/2009., OCN-I-18.
13. Ashton Herbert Manhart, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 15 December 1969, p. 21.
14. Ashton Herbert Manhart, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 15 December 1969, p. 21.
15. Sedalia Historic Group. Bear Canon Cemetery Vital Records (Douglas County, CO:, 2002), p. 15.
16. David Pack. Bear Canon Cemetery Photo Project, available online [douglascountyhistory.org/bearcanon/], accessed 07/10/2009., OCN-I-18.
17. Ashton Herbert Manhart, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 15 December 1969, p. 21.
18. "," (2007); folder: "Manhart, Albert Wesley and Edna Jean (Doyle)," Biography Files; Douglas County History Research Center, Castle Rock, Colorado.
19. "," (2017); folder: "Manhart, Ashton H. and Helen Savage," Biography Files; Douglas County History Research Center, Castle Rock, Colorado.