Benjamin O. Davis Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBenjamin O. Davis Sr.
United States Army general; First African American general officer in the U.S. Army and in the U.S. Military
Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1877
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Date of Death: 26-Nov-1970
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
- Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.
- (1880 – November 26, 1970) was a United States Army officer.
- He became the first African-American to rise to the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S.
- military in 1940.
- He was the father of Air Force General Benjamin O.
- Davis Jr.
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