Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. In July 1960 he was appointed commander of the Ballistic Missile Center of the Air Materiel Command at Los Angeles, California. As a result of the reorganization of the Air Research and Development Command and the Air Materiel Command into the Air Force Systems Command in April 1961, General Gerrity became the first commander of the Ballistic Systems Division in Inglewood, California. In July 1962 Gerrity became deputy chief of staff for systems and logistics at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He also served as senior Air Force member, Military Staff Committee, United Nations. In August 1967 he became commander of the Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. His decorations included the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Silver Star, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal, and the Purple Heart. He received an honorary doctor of humanities degree from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. At 7:30 pm on February 24, 1968, Gerrity was "stricken at his home" by a heart attack and rushed to the hospital at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He was pronounced dead on arrival. He was later buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Upon his wife, Margaret B. Gerrity's death in 1979, she was buried next to him. References Specific General United States Air Force generals United States Army personnel of World War II Recipients of the Silver Star 1913 births 1968 deaths People from Wheatland County, Montana Burials at Arlington National Cemetery Illinois Institute of Technology alumni Military personnel from Chicago United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal