US Army General. He rose in rank to become the Commanding General of US Army Materiel Command currently at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. After receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas in 1958, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Transportation Corps. After serving in various company grade assignments at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Fort Eustis, Virginia, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he was assigned to Vietnam in 1964 as an Infantry Battalion Advisor in the PBT Special Zone, 3rd Corps. From 1967 to 1969 he was assigned to the US Strike Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida as a JTF-11 Staff Officer. He then returned to Vietnam and served as the S4 and later the S2/3 in the 101st Airborne Division Support Command, then commanded the 10th Transportation Battalion at Cam Ranh Bay. In 1970 he returned to the US and was assigned to the Headquarters Department of the Army Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics in Washington DC in the Financial Resources and the Materiel Acquisition Directorates. From 1973 to 1974 he served as the Assistant Director of the Army Staff in the Office of the Chief of Staff in Washington, followed by an assignment to Oakland Army Base, California as the Deputy Comptroller and later as the Commander of the Military Ocean Terminal, Bay Area. In 1978 he was assigned to Germany, where he commanded the 4th Transportation Brigade and 2nd Support Command, 7th Corps. In 1982 he returned to Washington DC as the Director for Transportation, Energy and Troop Support in Headquarters Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. In 1984 he became the Chief of Staff, US Army Materiel Command (AMC) and in 1986 he was the Commanding General of the US Army Depot System Command. In June 1987 he returned to Washington DC where he was assigned as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Headquarters US Army, until February 1992 when he returned to AMC as Commanding General, and retired in that position in February 1994 with 36 years of continuous military service. Among his military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster), the Legion of Merit (with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (with 1 oak leaf cluster), and the National Defense Service Medal. He was also awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Ranger Tab, and the Army Staff Identification Badge. His military education includes the Basic Officer Course at the US Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, Washington DC. After his military retirement he became a member of the board of directors of the consulting firm Stanley, Incorporated and the VSE Corporation. Additionally, he served as an executive with the American Red Cross and as a consultant to Cypress International. He died of cancer at the age of 75.