George R. Allin

George R. Allin (January 15, 1880 – June 2, 1956) was an American brigadier general who served during World War I and World War II. He is most noted as commanding general of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, at the beginning of World War II.

Early life Allin was born in Scott Township, Johnson County, Iowa. He attended the University of Iowa and entered the United States Military Academy with the first contingent of senatorial appointments in 1900. While a cadet, he completed the requirements for a Bachelor of Philosophy degree at the University of Iowa in 1902. He was a cadet first sergeant and later became a cadet captain. He graduated number seventeen of one hundred and twenty-four in the class of 1904. Joseph Stilwell, Robert C. Richardson Jr. and Lesley J. McNair were among his classmates.

Career Allin was commissioned in the artillery and served at several postings throughout his career. During World War I, he was briefly stationed in France. Between World War I and II, Allin was a graduate from the School of the Line in 1922, the General Staff School in 1923 and the Army War College in 1924. He then became superintendent of the Sewanee Military Academy in Sewanee, Tennessee. In 1948, he retired a second time. The citation for his Army DSM reads:

Death and legacy George R. Allin died on June 2, 1956, at the age of seventy-six. Originally buried near his parents in Mason City, Iowa, his remains were reinterred at the West Point Cemetery on December 15, 1987 along with those of his wife Jessie Cooper (Pontius) Allin (1880–1963).