At the start of his career, Daley carried out Field Artillery and Civilian Conservation Corps postings at locations including Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Fort Douglas, Utah, and CCC sites in Wyoming and Oregon. Beginning in 1937, Daley served on the West Point faculty as an instructor of Physics. During World War II, he commanded a Field Artillery battalion, served as an instructor at the Field Artillery School, and carried out senior Field Artillery staff officer positions in Europe. After the war, he attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College, served again on the West Point faculty, and served on the faculty of the United States Army War College.
In 1962, the army created the Combat Developments Command, and Daley was named its first commander. He was still assigned as CDC commander when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack on July 21, 1963 while in Albany, New York to visit his father. Daley was buried at West Point Cemetery.
From October 1934 to June 1935, Daley was assigned to duty with 2nd Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment at the Presidio of Monterey, California.[4] In July 1937, he was assigned to the West Point faculty as an instructor in the Department of Physics.[4] Daley was promoted to first lieutenant in August 1935.[4] He remained on the faculty until June 1942, and with the army expanding for U.S. entry into World War II, he received temporary promotion to captain in September 1940.[6] Daley was promoted to permanent captain in June 1941 and temporary major in February 1942.[7]
Continued career
Daley commanded the 362nd Field Artillery Battalion from July 1942 to January 1943, first at Fort Still, and later at Camp Adair, Oregon.[7] He was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel in September 1942.[7] In January 1943, he was appointed to the faculty at the Field Artillery School, first in the Gunnery Department, and from July 1943 to January 1944 as director of the Survey Officer Course.[7]
After the end of combat in Europe, Daley served as assistant artillery officer on the staff of the XXIII Corps from July to September 1945, and on the staff of Fifteenth Army from September 1945 to January 1946.[7] From February to June 1946, he was a student at the United States Army Command and General Staff College.[7] He then rejoined the West Point faculty, this time as associate professor of Physics and Chemistry.[7] In June 1947, his temporary colonel's rank was terminated.[7]
From August 1947 to June 1948, Daley was a student at the National War College.[7] After graduating, he was assigned to the International Branch of the Army General Staff.[8] In April 1950 he was assigned to the faculty of the United States Army War College, and assisted in moving the school from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.[8] Daley was then enrolled as an Army War College student, and he completed the course in 1951.[9]
Later career
In 1952, Daley was ordered to Korean War duty as executive officer of I Corps Artillery, followed by assignment as commander of 2nd Infantry Division Artillery.[8] He took part in several campaigns, including UN Summer-Fall Offensive (1952); Third Korean Winter (1952–1953); and Korean Summer (1953).[8] He was promoted to brigadier general in March 1953.[8] From June 1953 to March 1954, Daley was chief of staff for the United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, then served as a member of the commission.[8] During these postings, he took part in post-war negotiations on topics including prisoner of war exchanges, the release of Chinese prisoners, and patrolling of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.[8]
Daley was posted to Fort Hood, Texas as commander of III Armored Corps Artillery in March 1954.[8] He led this command until March 1955, when he was appointed Director of Special Weapons in the U.S. Army Research and Development Office.[8] In this assignment, he was responsible for research into antiaircraft artillery, guided missiles, rockets and satellites, and atomic weapons.[8] He served as director until October 1958, and was promoted to major general in July 1956.[8]
Daley was still serving as CDC commander when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack while visiting his father in Albany, New York on July 21, 1963.[10] Daley was buried at West Point Cemetery.[3]
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to Lieutenant General John Phillips Daley (ASN: 0-18358), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during the period April 1954 to July 1963. Through his dedicated devotion to duty, purposeful pursuit of national interests, and unique talents in presenting a clear view of the Army's capability to cope with worldwide conditions, he materially strengthened the United States' effort toward world peace and earned the high regard of all associated with him.
General Orders: Department of the Army, General Orders No. 43 (September 27, 1963)[8]
Family
In 1932, Daley married Katherine Hadley White.[3] They remained married until his death and were the parents of two children.[10][12] Katherine Anne was the wife of first Arthur G. Trudeau Jr. (son of Arthur Trudeau), and was later married to later David D. C. Cramer, then Kenneth Edmund Wattman.[13][14][15] John Michael Daley, known as Michael, graduated from West Point in 1958, and later pursued academic and business careers.[10][16][17]
Daley's brother Edmund Koehler Daley was an army officer who attained the rank of brigadier general.[18] His brother Donal also served in the army and he attained the rank of colonel.[19]
^Sibert, George (January 16, 2020). "1958 Class Notes"(PDF). West-Point.org. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. pp. 4, 8, 28. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^Brown, Horace M. Jr., ed. (Spring 1970). "Obituary, Edmund Leo Daley". Assembly. West Point, NY: Association of Graduates, U.S.M.A. pp. 105–106 – via Google Books.
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