A female inmate was found dead in a jail cell this month, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said Thursday. Deputy Coroner Al Lonzo said Amber Knepshield, 32, was pronounced dead at 12:22 a.m.
Located in northern Sumner County, Westmoreland, Tennessee sits amongst the rolling hills of the Highland Rim. With its proximity to nearby Nashville and Bowling Green, KY, our city offers a quiet country setting with easy access to area employment, shopping, and local attractions.
Westmoreland is a town in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States, and is bordering southern Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, Westmoreland had a population of 2,718. [7] The town name was inspired by a wealthy lumberman from North Carolina, sharing the same name. [8]
William Childs Westmoreland (26 March 1914 – 18 July 2005) was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
William Westmoreland commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He treated the conflict as a war of attrition, which diminished domestic support. In December 1956 he was promoted to major general; at 42 years old, he was then the youngest person holding that rank in the U.S. Army.
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Westmoreland was an Eagle Scout and president of his high school class. He graduated from West Point in 1936. Despite his poor academic record was awarded the highest command position in the cadet corps in his senior year and was the first in his class to make captain.
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Gen. William Westmoreland, the top U.S. commander in Vietnam, conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon on Nov. 22, 1967, to discuss recent events on the battlefield.
President Lyndon Johnson chose William Westmoreland, a distinguished veteran of World War II and the Korean War, to command the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam (MACV) in June 1964.