Leslie Groves | |
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![]() Leslie Groves, pictured here as a major general. | |
Birth name | Leslie Richard Groves, Jr. |
Born | Albany, New York, U.S. | August 17, 1896
Died | July 13, 1970 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 73)
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, U.S. |
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Years of service | 1918–1948 |
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Commands held | Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Manhattan Project |
Battles/wars | World War I Occupation of Nicaragua World War II |
Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Order of the Crown (Belgium) Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom) Medal of Merit (Nicaragua) |
Other work | Vice President Sperry Rand |
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (August 17, 1896 – July 13, 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer. He helped construct the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, which helped create the atomic bomb during World War II.
Groves had a heart attack on July 13, 1970.[1] He died a few hours later at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. at age 73.[2][3]