John B. Coulter

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Breitling Coulter was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Coulter was born on April 27, 1891 in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from West Texas Military Academy in 1911, and in 1912 obtained a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry. He served with the 14th Cavalry Regiment in Texas until 1916, including participation in the Pancho Villa Expedition. During World War I he served in France as aide-de-camp to General William A. Mann, the commander of the 42nd Infantry Division. After returning to the U.S. for five months as adjutant of the 154th Brigade at Camp Meade, Maryland, he went back to France as commander of 2nd Battalion 508th Pioneer Infantry, an African-American unit.