REAR ADMIRAL OWEN SILER, COAST GUARD COMMANDANT.Admiral Owen Wesley Siler (January 10, 1922 – July 17, 2007) served as the fifteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1974 to 1978.Owen Siler was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in Santa Maria, California. He graduated from Santa Maria Junior College in 1940, and transferred to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, graduating a year early due to World War II. Upon graduation, he was assigned to the assault troop transport ship, USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14), and participated in the invasion of Bougainville.(WIKIPEDIA)
