Marcus Daniel Cronin
{{short description|United States Army general}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Marcus Daniel Cronin
| image = Marcus D. Cronin (US Army brigadier general).jpg
| caption = From 1920's Holy Cross College Service Record, War of 1917
| birth_date = {{birth date|1865|1|9|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1936|8|12|1865|1|9}}
| birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_place = Governors Island, New York, U.S.
| placeofburial = San Francisco National Cemetery
| allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}}
| branch = United States Army
| servicenumber = 0-196
| serviceyears = 1887–1926
| rank = {{dodseal|USA brigadier general|25}}Brigadier General
| battles = Spanish–American War
Philippine–American War
World War I
| alma_mater = College of the Holy Cross
United States Military Academy
}}
Marcus Daniel Cronin (9 January 1865 – 12 August 1936) was a United States military officer. He served in a number of conflicts, including the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War and World War I.
Early life and education
Cronin was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on 9 January 1865. He attended the College of the Holy Cross, then attended the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1887.{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Henry Blaine Jr.|title=Generals in Khaki|date=1998|publisher=Pentland Press|location=Raleigh, NC|isbn=1-57197-088-6|page=88 |ref={{sfnRef|Generals In Khaki}}}} Many of Rivers's classmates became general officers during the First World War, including Frank Herman Albright,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=1–3}} Alexander Lucian Dade,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=93–94}} James Theodore Dean,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=105}} Charles S. Farnsworth,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=124–125}} George Washington Gatchell,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=139–140}} Charles Gerhardt,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=141–142}} Herman Hall,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=158}} Thomas Grafton Hanson,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=159}} Mark L. Hersey,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=176–177}} Ernest Hinds,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=178–180}} Michael Joseph Lenihan,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=227}} Ulysses G. McAlexander,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=247–248}} Nathaniel Fish McClure,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=252}} William C. Rivers,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=312}} George Owen Squier,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=345–346}} Charles Brewster Wheeler,{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=377–378}} and Edmund Wittenmyer.{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|pages=389–390}}
Military career
On 12 January 1887, Cronin was commissioned as a second lieutenant of the infantry and served on the United States frontier from 1887 to 1893. After his frontier duty, Cronin became an instructor at West Point from 1893 to 1897. With the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Cronin became regimental adjutant of the 25th Infantry and served in the Santiago Campaign of 1898; during his time in Cuba, Cronin was also a member of the Sanitary Corps. Later, Cronin attended the Army War College and graduated in 1911.{{cite book |title=Who was who in American history, the military|date=1975|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|isbn=0-8379-3201-7|page=116|edition=1976 bicentennial}} In the subsequent Philippine–American War, Cronin served as colonel of the United States Volunteers and later became assistant chief of the Philippine Constabulary from 1915 to 1917. Following the United States' entry into World War I, Cronin was promoted to brigadier general of the National Army on 5 August 1917. He became commander of the 163rd Infantry Brigade at Camp Gordon, serving in France as part of the American Expeditionary Force. Cronin later retired in 1925.{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=88}}
Personal life and death
Cronin married Helen Hannay on 2 August 1893. He lived in La Jolla, California, and later died in Governors Island, New York, on 12 August 1936.{{sfn|Generals In Khaki|page=88}}{{cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/3218*.html|title=Marcus D. Cronin • Cullum's Register • 3218|website=penelope.uchicago.edu}} He was buried at San Francisco National Cemetery.
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Category:United States Army generals of World War I
Category:United States Military Academy alumni
Category:Military personnel from Worcester, Massachusetts
Category:United States Army War College alumni
Category:American military personnel of the Spanish–American War
Category:American military personnel of the Philippine–American War
Category:United States Army generals
Category:United States Military Academy faculty
Category:Burials at San Francisco National Cemetery
Category:United States Army Infantry Branch personnel