James Francis McIndoe

Brigadier General James Francis McIndoe (January 18, 1868 – February 5, 1919) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He was involved in conflicts in the Philippines and World War I, where he commanded the 2nd Engineers on the Western Front.

Military career James F. McIndoe was born in Lonaconing, Maryland 18 January 1868. He graduated fourth in a class of 65 cadets from the United States Military Academy in 1891. Among his classmates included several future general officers, such as Jay Johnson Morrow, Odus Creamer Horney, LeRoy Springs Lyon, Andrew Hero Jr., Tiemann Newell Horn, John W. Heavey, Harry Alexander Smith, Edwin B. Winans, John L. Hines, John Jewsbury Bradley and Hanson Edward Ely. He joined the U.S. Engineer School and became second lieutenant with the Corps of Engineers in 1895. During the Spanish–American War in 1898 McIndoe was responsible for submarine defences in New York Harbor.

James F. McIndoe died of lobar pneumonia on 5 or 6 February 1919, almost three months after the Armistice with Germany, in Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, France.