He graduated from Highland Park High School in Illinois in 1901, and from West Point in 1906. His grandfather was Lieutenant Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, USN, who was killed in action during the Civil War. Army officer who was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Cavalry in 1875, commanded a squadron at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War, and in 1902 was killed in action in the Philippines. Wainwright, nicknamed "Skinny" and "Jim", was born at Fort Walla Walla, an Army post now in Walla Walla, Washington, and was the son of Robert Powell Page Wainwright, a U.S. Wainwright was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership during the fall of the Philippines. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (Aug– September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time Japan surrendered to the United States, during World War II. Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright I (great-grandfather) 3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States) 1936–38Īrmy Distinguished Service Medal Medal of Valor
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