Alexander Kreiser

Alexander Kreiser
Commanding General 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing 1953
Birth name	Alexander Walter Kreiser Jr
Born	May 5, 1901 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died	February 7, 1993 (aged 91) Palm Desert, California
Riverside National Cemetery	Riverside National Cemetery 33° 52′ 39″ N, 117° 16′ 26″ W
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch	File:USMC logo.svg United States Marine Corps
Service years	1924–1956
Rank	File:US-O7 insignia.svg Brigadier general
Commands	MCAS El Toro MCAS Cherry Point MCAS Quantico, Va VO-7M 2d Brig. NI
Conflicts	Nanking Incident Occupation of Nicaragua World War II Korean War
Awards	Legion of Merit with Combat "V" Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" 2 Nicaraguan Medal of Merit with Diploma
Website	last remaining Marine F7C-1 Seahawk

Alexander Walter Kreiser Jr (May 5, 1901 – February 7, 1993) was a Naval Aviator and a brigadier general who served in the United States Marine Corps.

Alexander Kreiser graduated from United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science 1920–1924, he excelled in the engineering club at West High School Minneapolis, Minnesota and was accepted by Marion Military Institute in 1919.

Early Marine Corps career

He became a company officer of Smedley Butler's 3rd Brigade China Marines from 1927 to 1929 and a Quantico Aviation pioneer of Marine Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9M). Kreiser's early Quantico Marine (VF-9M) squadrons performed in many National Air Races in the United States. He received the Yangtze Service Medal in China during the Nanking Incident in 1927 and the Nicaragua Medal of Merit for his service as a combat pilot during the second United States occupation of Nicaragua.

Marine aviator — 1930s

By the mid 1930s, Alexander Kreiser was assigned to the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics as a captain and served as assistant command of the director of Marine Corps Aviation Ross E. Rowell before being assigned, to the Naval Air Station North Island at Coronado, California, in June 1939.

World War II; 1940s

During World War II, Kreiser was a pilot in the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and he earned a second Bronze Star Medal in the Solomon Islands campaign.

1950s — Commands, Assistant Commandant

Colonel Alexander W. Kreiser Jr was second in Command of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. BGen Clayton C. Jerome took over command of the wing in April 1952 from Major General MGen Christian F. Schilt while Col. A.W. Kreiser relieved BGen Frank Lamson-Scribner as assistant commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. in August 1952