Sherman Leo Kiser was born on August 31, 1889 in Huntington County, Indiana. He was married to Margaret V. Delabarre (14 Jun 1895, Conway, Massachusetts–18 Oct 1990, Green Valley, Prima, Arizona) on 20 October 1917 in San Francisco. They had a son, William Martin Kiser (9 Feb 1922, Washington DC–8 Jun 1993, Honolulu), a daughter, Janet D. Kiser Billington. Sherman is famous in Philippine Boy Scouting history as the founder of the defunct Lorillard Spencer Troop, an early Boy Scout Troop in the Philippines, and is mentioned in every account of Philippine Boy Scouts history.
Kiser, a career officer in the US Army served at the Battle of Bud Bagsak in 1913 under Gen. John Joseph Pershing. In 1914 to early 1915, Kiser was stationed at Augur Barracks on Jolo and Pettit Barracks in Zamboanga City, Philippines. In 1915 to early 1916 he was assigned to coastal defenses (Manila, Subic Bay, Corregidor) and Camp Eldridge in Laguna. In middle 1916 he was back on Mindanáo at Ludlow Barracks. On 19 May 1917 he got promoted to First Lieutenant.
As an artillery battalion commander in World War I, he received decorations from the USA and France. In 1929, he graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College. On 14 March 1946, the 14th Major Port, the US Army unit Col. Kiser served as Port Commander, was honored by the Mayor and burghers of the Borough of Southampton in England – allowing them to march through the town "with bayonets fixed, drums beating, and colours flying" – for outstanding achievement in the operation of the Port of Southampton during World War II and on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Later, Col. Kiser was also honored as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his World War II service.
After retirement, Kiser authored The American Concept of Leadership and Americanism in Action. In 1955 he gifted a copy of The American Concept of Leadership, personally inscribed to US Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson (later the President and Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Bronze Wolf awardee).
Kiser died on March 24, 1974 in Fort Myers Beach, Lee, Florida.
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