Mills County, Iowa

Silver City Community History
1879 - 1979

MAJOR GENERAL RAY T. MADDOCKS

Ray T. Maddocks was born September 21, 1896, north of Silver City, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Maddocks. He was a Silver City High School graduate, in 1912 and Knox College at Galesburg, Illinois.

During W.W. I he served overseas as second lieutenant in the Air Force. Ray continued to make the army his career. During W.W. II he served with the operation of the war department general staff as senior Army member of Joint Strategic committee, as senior member of U.S. planner with the Southeast Asia Command in India and Ceylon, and chief of staff and deputy commander, U.S. forces in China theater.

He retired from active service in 1951 with the rank of Major General, with many Distinguished Service medals. General and Mrs. Maddocks had two children, Preston and Mimi. Ray passed away June 8, 1973 in California.

~submitted by Roseanna Zehner & Darlene Jacoby