Daniel I. Sultan
✓ Source-basedstableUnited States Army general (1885-1947)
United StatesLived 1885 to 1947 · aged 61Daniel Isom Sultan was an American general. Sultan was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1907. He entered the United States Army Corps of Engineers and rose through the ranks, teaching engineering at West Point from 1912 to 1916, before travelling to the Philippines.
Photos 3
Sultan as a West Point cadet
Officers of the War Plans Branch, War Plans Division, General Staff, standing outside the entrance of the Army War College at Washington, D.C., May 1918. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel I. Sultan is standing in the middle of the back row, between Captain Robert L. Eichelberger (right) and Lieutenant W. J. Green (left).Awards 10
Connected to Daniel 6
William FechtelerAlso won World War II Victory Medal
Eugeniusz PławskiAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
William Boog LeishmanAlso won Order of the Bath
Paul Prosper HenrysAlso won Inter-Allied Victory Medals
John MordauntAlso won Order of the Bath
Stanley Eric ReinhartAlso won World War II Victory MedalAbout this person
Daniel Isom Sultan was an American general. Sultan was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1907. He entered the United States Army Corps of Engineers and rose through the ranks, teaching engineering at West Point from 1912 to 1916, before travelling to the Philippines. He oversaw construction of fortifications on various islands, and eventually was in charge of all US Army fortification work in the Philippines. He then served on the War Department General Staff and the general staff of the American Expeditionary Forces until 1922. Sultan led the Nicaragua Canal Survey and commanded American troops in the country from 1929 to 1931, when he returned to the United States and wrote a report on the canal.
United StatesFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.