{"id":22152,"date":"2025-12-27T20:28:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T01:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=22152"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T18:38:27","slug":"visiting-my-great-uncles-grave-major-general-william-l-kenly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/27\/visiting-my-great-uncles-grave-major-general-william-l-kenly\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting My Great-Uncle&#8217;s Grave &#8211; Major General William L. Kenly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22153\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664-800x601.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JPB-Kenly-tomstone-at-Arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1818462664-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12689\" style=\"width: 767px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kenly-from-wikipedia-William_Lacy_Kenly_circa_1918_by_Bachrach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12689\" class=\"wp-image-12689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kenly-from-wikipedia-William_Lacy_Kenly_circa_1918_by_Bachrach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kenly-from-wikipedia-William_Lacy_Kenly_circa_1918_by_Bachrach.jpg 757w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kenly-from-wikipedia-William_Lacy_Kenly_circa_1918_by_Bachrach-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kenly-from-wikipedia-William_Lacy_Kenly_circa_1918_by_Bachrach-591x800.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William L Kenly\u00a0 1918 photo (public domain).\u00a0 All photos public domain (notify me if\u00a0 Wikipedia and other websites have mischaracterized the rights).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Col._Wm_A._Kenly_later_Director_Military_Aeronautics_as_student_Officer_at_North_Island_San_Diego_Calif.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22155 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Col._Wm_A._Kenly_later_Director_Military_Aeronautics_as_student_Officer_at_North_Island_San_Diego_Calif-800x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Col._Wm_A._Kenly_later_Director_Military_Aeronautics_as_student_Officer_at_North_Island_San_Diego_Calif-800x663.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Col._Wm_A._Kenly_later_Director_Military_Aeronautics_as_student_Officer_at_North_Island_San_Diego_Calif-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Col._Wm_A._Kenly_later_Director_Military_Aeronautics_as_student_Officer_at_North_Island_San_Diego_Calif-768x637.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Col._Wm_A._Kenly_later_Director_Military_Aeronautics_as_student_Officer_at_North_Island_San_Diego_Calif.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_L._Kenlyvia-wikipedia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22157\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_L._Kenlyvia-wikipedia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_L._Kenlyvia-wikipedia.jpg 550w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_L._Kenlyvia-wikipedia-120x150.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-22161\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25-800x467.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kenly-grave-portrait-my-combo-12-27-25-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I visited Arlington National Cemetery today and saw for the first time the grave of my great-uncle, Major General <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/1739583\/major-general-william-lacy-kenly\/\">William Lacy Kenly<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong>He was a West Point graduate who\u00a0 helped create the precursor of the Air Force for American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War One. He received the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/hero\/17779\">Army Distinguished Service Medal<\/a><\/strong> in 1918 for having \u201crendered services of inestimable value to the Government in positions of great responsibility.\u201d According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_L._Kenly\">Wikipedia page on him<\/a>,\u00a0 Kenly \u201cwas the titular head of the newly-established United States Army Air Service\u201d for part of World War One.<\/p>\n<p>A more detailed record of his service is<a href=\"https:\/\/penelope.uchicago.edu\/Thayer\/E\/Gazetteer\/Places\/America\/United_States\/Army\/USMA\/Cullums_Register\/3292*.html\"><strong> available here<\/strong><\/a>, including the battles he fought in the Philippines.\u00a0 He also won a Silver Star for gallantry in his<a href=\"https:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/recipient\/recipient-17779\/\"><strong> combat role in Cuba<\/strong> <\/a>in 1898.<\/p>\n<p>Until doing genealogy research a few years ago, I was completely unaware of\u00a0 the role of Gen. Kenly in World War One.\u00a0 My grandmother passed away 20 years before I was born and I heard almost nothing about her family history when I was growing up.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenly family emigrated to America from Scotland in the 1700s, settling in the Baltimore area.\u00a0 Another one of my Kenly ancestors was the commander of the Union forces at a Civil War battle in what would be my hometown a century later.\u00a0 The 1862 <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/23\/163rd-anniversary-of-stonewall-jacksons-victory-in-the-battle-of-front-royal\/\"><strong>Battle of Front Royal, Virginia<\/strong> <\/a>helped establish Stonewall Jackson&#8217;s claim to military greatness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22163\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318-800x617.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-arlington-cemetery-PXL_20251227_1816256318-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><a 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https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jpb-photo-berlin-airlift-arlington-cemetery-12-27-25-hike-highres_531967734-WARM-CONTRAST-FILTER.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_Lacy_Kenly_in_1918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22177\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_Lacy_Kenly_in_1918-800x647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_Lacy_Kenly_in_1918-800x647.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_Lacy_Kenly_in_1918-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_Lacy_Kenly_in_1918-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/William_Lacy_Kenly_in_1918.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22178\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-800x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-800x539.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/111-SC-22977_-_NARA_-_55205658-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, 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