United States Army General. A combat Vietnam War veteran who served three tours there, he rose in rank to become the Commander-in-Chief of US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)located at Fort McPherson, Georgia (relocated to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 2011). In 1950 he entered the US Military Academy at West Point, New York and graduated in June 1954 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant. From 1968 to 1969 he served in Vietnam as Commander, B Company, 4th Aviation Battalion, and later as Commander, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry. His other key assignments include Commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 101 Airborne Division and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the Deputy Director for Estimates in the Defense Intelligence Agency at Washington DC, the Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Polk, Louisiana; the Chief of Staff, 8th US Army/US Forces at Seoul, South Korea, Deputy Commander in Chief/Chief of Staff, at US Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, and the Commander of 1st Corps at Fort Lewis (now Joint Base Lewis/McChord), Washington. After attending the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, he became a force structure analyst in the Office of the Chief of Staff in Washington DC. In July 1986 he was promoted to the rank of general and became Commanding General of FORSCOM and a year later his title was changed to Commander-in-Chief of FORSCOM and he retired in that position in 1989 with 35 years of continuous military service. Among his military decorations and awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star (with Combat "V" valor device and 2 oak leaf clusters), the Air Medal with 7 oak leaf clusters), the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and the Combat Infantryman, Senior Army Aviator, and Senior Parachutist Badges. Following his military retirement, he settled in Myrtle, Missouri and pursued agricultural interests. He died at the age of 83. In 2010 he was inducted into the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.