Paschal Conley has been promoted to second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. The promotion came posthumously for Conley, a Madison County native who died in 1919, after he served in the 10th Cavalry Regiment as a member of the famed Buffalo Soldiers.
Ollie Conley speaks Feb. 22, 2023 about the posthumous promotion of Paschal Conley from sergeant to second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. It’s been decades in the making but it’s finally happened: Paschal Conley has been promoted to second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville presented a certificate acknowledging the promotion to Conley’s family Wednesday at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. Mayor Tommy Battle also declared Wednesday to be Paschal Conley Day in the city. Ollie Conley of Huntsville said there were about 30 family members who made the trip for the ceremony for all over the country. She said Paschal was her husband’s grandfather’s first cousin.
Ollie Conley noted that the promotion, albeit more than a century late, was a rare acknowledgment for a soldier of color.
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