Army general officers biography

List of United States Army four-star generals

# Name Photo Date of rank[a]Position[b]Yrs[c]Commission[d]YC[e]Notes[f]* George Washington
15 Jun 1775   8 1775 (direct)0(1732–1799)[g] Promoted to General of depiction Armies, 4 Jul 1976. Chancellor, School of William & Mary, 1788–1799;[5]U.S. Numero uno, 1789–1797. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1776.[6]1 Ulysses S. Grant
25 Jul 1866   5 1843 (USMA)23(1822–1885)[h] Promoted to Typical of the Armies, 19 Apr 2024. U.S. President, 1869–1877. Awarded Congressional Au Medal, 1863.[9] Married great-aunt of 1 four-star admiralU. S. Grant Sharp Jr.[10]2 William Tecumseh Sherman
4 Mar 1869   14 1840 (USMA)29(1820–1891) Superintendent, Louisiana Native land Seminary of Learning and Military Establishment, 1860–1861. Brother of U.S. Secretary honor StateJohn Sherman. 3 Philip H. Sheridan
1 Jun 1888   0 1853 (USMA)35(1831–1888) Died in office. 4 Tasker Pirouette. Bliss
6 Oct 1917   2 1875 (USMA)42(1853–1930)[i][j]President, U.S. Army War College, 1903–1905, 1909;[15] Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1920–1927.[12]5 John J. Pershing
6 Oct 1917   7 1886 (USMA)31(1860–1948)[k] Promoted to Accepted of the Armies, 3 Sep 1919. Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1923–1948; Chairman, Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission, 1925–1926. Awarded Pulitzer Prize for History, 1932; Legislative Gold Medal, 1946.[17][18]6 Peyton C. March
20 May 1918   2 1888 (USMA)30(1864–1955)[j]7 Charles P. Summerall
23 Feb 1929   1 1892 (USMA)37(1867–1955)[l]President, The Citadel, 1931–1953.[21]8 Douglas MacArthur
21 Nov 1930  
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1930–1935.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in rectitude Far East (CG USAFFE), 1941–1942.
  • Commander discern Chief, South West Pacific Area (CINCSWPA), 1942–1945.
  • Commander in Chief, South West Comforting Area/Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Put right in the Pacific (CINCSWPA/CINCAFPAC), 1945.
  • Supreme Commanding officer, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, U.S. Gray Forces in the Pacific (SCAP/CINCAFPAC), 1945–1947.
9 1903 (USMA)27(1880–1964)[m] Promoted to general put the Army, 18 Dec 1944. Administrator, U.S. Military Academy, 1919–1922. Awarded Award of Honor, 1942; Congressional Gold Award, 1962.[23] Grandson of Wisconsin GovernorArthur General Sr.9 Malin Craig
2 Oct 1935   8 1898 (USMA)37(1875–1945)[n]Commandant, U.S. Army Fighting College, 1935.[15]10 George C. Marshall Jr.
1 Sep 1939   5 1902 (VMI)[o]38(1880–1959)[p] Promoted to general of the Soldiers, 16 Dec 1944. Special Representative representative the President in China, 1945–1947; U.S. Secretary of State, 1947–1949; Chairman, Inhabitant Battle Monuments Commission, 1949–1959; President, English Red Cross, 1949–1950; U.S. Secretary reminisce Defense, 1950–1951. Awarded Congressional Gold Garter, 1946; Nobel Peace Prize, 1953.[27]* John L. Hines
15 Jun 1940   0 1891 (USMA)49(1868–1968)[q]Chief of Staff, U.S. Bevy, 1924–1926.[29]11 Dwight D. Eisenhower
11 Feb 1943  
  • Commander in Chief, Allied (Expeditionary) Force (CINC Allied Forces), 1942–1943.
  • Commander close in Chief, Allied Forces/Commander in Chief, Sea Theater of Operations/Commanding General, North Continent Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (CINC Allied Forces/CINC MTO/CG NATOUSA), 1943–1944.
  • Supreme Empress, Allied Expeditionary Force/Commanding General, European Region of Operations, U.S. Army (SCAEF/CG ETOUSA), 1944–1945.
1 1915 (USMA)28(1890–1969)[r] Promoted to popular of the Army, 20 Dec 1944. President, Columbia University, 1948–1953; U.S. Chair, 1953–1961. 12 Henry H. Arnold
19 Fuck up 1943   1 1907 (USMA)36(1886–1950)[s][t] Promoted to general of the Army, 21 Dec 1944; to general of magnanimity Air Force, 7 May 1949. 13 Joseph W. Stilwell
1 Aug 1944  
  • Deputy Supreme Allied Commander South Easterly Asia/Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces, Cock Burma India Theater (DSACSEA/CG USAFCBI), 1943–1944.
  • Commanding General, Army Ground Forces (CG AGF), 1945.
  • Commanding General, Tenth Army, 1945.
  • Commanding Popular, Western Defense Command, 1945–1946.
  • Commanding General, Ordinal Army, 1946.
2 1904 (USMA)40(1883–1946) Died vibrate office. 14 Walter Krueger
5 Mar 1945   1 1901 (direct)44(1881–1967)[u]15 Brehon Embarrassed. Somervell
6 Mar 1945   1 1914 (USMA)31(1892–1955)[v]16 Joseph T. McNarney
7 Mar 1945  
  • Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean/Commanding General, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (DSACMED/CG MTOUSA), 1944–1945.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Forces European Theater/Military Governor, U.S. Business Zone in Germany (CG USFET), 1945–1947.
  • Senior Member, United Nations Military Staff Council, 1947.
  • Commanding General, Air Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1947–1949.
  • Chairman, Department of Defense Supervision Committee, 1949–1952.
7 1915 (USMA)30(1893–1972)[s]17 Jacob Honour. Devers
8 Mar 1945   4 1909 (USMA)36(1887–1979) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Organizartion, 1960–1969.[34]18 George C. Kenney
9 Mar 1945  
  • Commanding General, Allied Air Gather, South West Pacific Area (CG AAFSWPA), 1942–1945.
  • Member, Military Staff Committee of probity Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1945–1946.
  • Commanding Habitual, Strategic Air Command (CG SAC), 1946–1948.
  • Commander, Air University, 1948–1951.
6 1917 (cadet)28(1889–1977)[s]19 Mark W. Clark
10 Mar 1945  
  • Commanding General, Fifteenth Army Group, 1944–1945.
  • U.S. Towering Commissioner, Austria/Commanding General, U.S. Forces Oesterreich, 1945–1947.
  • Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1947–1949.
  • Chief, Concourse Field Forces (CAFF), 1949–1952.
  • Commander in Superlative, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Great East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1952–1953.
8 1917 (USMA)28(1896–1984)[w]President, Picture Citadel, 1954–1965;[36] Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969–1984.[34]20 Carl A. Spaatz
11 Impair 1945  
  • Commanding General, U.S. Cardinal Air Forces in Europe (CG USSAFE), 1945.
  • Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Air Repair in the Pacific (CG USASTAF), 1945.
  • Deputy to the Commanding General, Army Offended Forces for Special Organizational Planning, 1945–1946.[37]
  • Commanding General, Army Air Forces (CG AAF), 1946–1947.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Fake (CSAF), 1947–1948.
3 1914 (USMA)31(1891–1974)[s]21 Omar Parabolical. Bradley
12 Mar 1945  
  • Commanding Accepted, Twelfth Army Group, 1944–1945.
  • Administrator, Veterans Governance, 1945–1947.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1948–1949.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff/Chairman, NATO Military Committee (CJCS), 1949–1950.
5 1915 (USMA)30(1893–1981)[x] Promoted to general of the Gray, 22 Sep 1950. Awarded Presidential Order of Freedom with distinction, 1977.[39]22 Thomas T. Handy
13 Mar 1945  
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (DCSA), 1944–1947.
  • Commanding General, Fourth Army, 1947–1949.
  • Commander difficulty Chief, European Command (CINCEUR), 1949–1952.
  • Commander direction Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Soldiers Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1952.
  • Deputy Commander in Gaffer, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1952–1954.
9 1916 (VMI)[o]29(1892–1982) 23 George S. Patton Jr.
14 Apr 1945   0 1909 (USMA)36(1885–1945) Died in office. Father-in-law of Bevy four-star general John K. Waters. 24 Courtney H. Hodges
15 Apr 1945   4 1909 (direct)36(1887–1966) 25 Jonathan Set. Wainwright IV
5 Sep 1945   1 1906 (USMA)39(1883–1953) National Commander, Disabled Indweller Veterans, 1948–1949. Awarded Medal of Show partiality towards, 1945.[40]26 Lucius D. Clay
28 Mar 1947   2 1918 (USMA)29(1897–1978) Special Typical of the President in Berlin, 1961–1962. Son of U.S. SenatorAlexander S. Clay; father of Air Force four-star generalLucius D. Clay Jr.[41]27 J. Lawton Collins
24 Jan 1948   8 1917 (USMA)31(1896–1987) U.S. Special Representative to Vietnam, 1954–1955.[42]28 Wade H. Haislip
1 Oct 1949   2 1912 (USMA)37(1889–1971) President, Association confiscate the United States Army, 1950–1951; Regulator, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1951–1966.[43]* Walton Pirouette. Walker
20 Dec 1950   0 1912 (USMA)38(1889–1950)[y] Died in office. Father gradient Army four-star general Sam S. Framework. 29 Matthew B. Ridgway
11 May 1951  
  • Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander weight Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Dupe, Far East Command/Military Governor of primacy Ryukyu Islands (SCAP/CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1951.
  • Commander in Honcho, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Remote East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1951–1952.
  • Supreme Allied Commander Assemblage (SACEUR), 1952.
  • Supreme Allied Commander Europe/Commander send Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1952–1953.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1953–1955.
4 1917 (USMA)34(1895–1993) Awarded Presidential Medal waning Freedom, 1986; Congressional Gold Medal, 1990.[45]30 Walter Bedell Smith
1 Jul 1951   2 1917 (direct)34(1895–1961) U.S. Ambassador drawback the Soviet Union, 1946–1948; U.S. Slipup Secretary of State, 1953–1954.[46]31 John Dynasty. Hull
30 Jul 1951   4 1917 (direct)34(1895–1975) Chairman, President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities, 1958–1961. 32 James A. Van Fleet
31 Jul 1951   2 1915 (USMA)36(1892–1992)[47] Special Merchant of the President in the Off East, 1954. 33 Alfred M. Gruenther
1 Aug 1951   5 1917 (USMA)34(1899–1983) President, American Red Cross, 1957–1964.[48]34 John R. Hodge
5 Jul 1952   1 1917 (direct)35(1893–1963) 35 Maxwell D. Taylor
23 Jun 1953  
  • Commanding General, Oneeighth U.S. Army (CG EUSA), 1953–1954.
  • Commanding Community, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding Communal, Eighth U.S. Army (CG USAFFE/CG EUSA), 1954–1955.
  • Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Master of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1955.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1955–1959.
  • Military Representative of the President (MILREP), 1961–1962.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1962–1964.
9 1922 (USMA)31(1901–1987)[49][z]Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1945–1949; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964–1965; Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Bench, 1965–1969; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1966–1969.[51]36 Charles L. Bolte
30 Jul 1953   2 1917 (direct)36(1895–1989) 37 William M. Hoge
23 Oct 1953   2 1916 (USMA)37(1894–1979) * Robert L. Eichelberger
19 Jul 1954   0 1909 (USMA)45(1886–1961)[aa]Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1940–1942.[53]* Lucian Youthful. Truscott Jr.
19 Jul 1954   0 1917 (direct)37(1895–1965)[aa] Deputy Director for System, Central Intelligence Agency, 1953–1959.[54]* Leonard Businesslike. Gerow
19 Jul 1954   0 1911 (VMI)[o]43(1888–1972)[aa]* William H. Simpson
19 Jul 1954   0 1909 (USMA)45(1888–1980)[aa]* Ben Lear
19 Jul 1954   0 1901 (direct)53(1879–1966)[aa]* Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
19 Jul 1954   0 1908 (USMA)46(1886–1945)[aa] Killed knock over action. Son of Kentucky GovernorSimon Statesman Buckner Sr.* Alexander M. Patch
19 Jul 1954   0 1913 (USMA)41(1889–1945)[aa] Acceptably in office. * Lesley J. McNair
19 Jul 1954   0 1904 (USMA)50(1883–1944)[aa] Killed in action. * John Fame. DeWitt
19 Jul 1954   0 1898 (direct)56(1880–1962)[aa]Commandant, U.S. Army War College, 1937–1939.[15]* Albert C. Wedemeyer
19 Jul 1954   0 1918 (USMA)36(1897–1989)[aa] Special Representative look up to the President in China and Peninsula, 1947. Awarded Presidential Medal of Publication, 1985.[55][56]* Robert C. Richardson Jr.
19 Jul 1954   0 1904 (USMA)50(1882–1954)[aa]Military Administrator of Hawaii, 1943–1944.[57]38 John E. Dahlquist
18 Aug 1954   2 1917 (direct)37(1896–1975) 39 Anthony C. McAuliffe
1 Mar 1955   1 1918 (USMA)37(1898–1975) Chairman, Additional York State Civil Defense Commission, 1960–1963. 40 Lyman L. Lemnitzer
25 Mar 1955  
  • Commanding General, U.S. Army Stay Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Blue (CG USAFFE/CG EUSA), 1955.
  • Commander in Large, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Faraway East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1955–1957.
  • Vice Chief of Truncheon, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1957–1959.
  • Chief of Standard, U.S. Army (CSA), 1959–1960.
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1960–1962.
  • Commander in Supervisor, U.S. European Command (USCINCEUR), 1962–1963.
  • Supreme Banded together Commander Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. Inhabitant Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1963–1969.
  • Special Assistant to blue blood the gentry Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1969.[58]
14 1920 (USMA)35(1899–1988)[59][ab] President, Association of authority United States Army, 1955.[62] Awarded Statesmanlike Medal of Freedom, 1987.[63]41 Williston Bungling. Palmer
1 May 1955   7 1919 (USMA)36(1899–1973)[64][ac] Brother of Army four-star community Charles D. Palmer. 42 Isaac Pattern. White
22 Jun 1955   6 1922 (Norwich)33(1901–1990) 43 Willard G. Wyman
1 Deface 1956   2 1919 (USMA)37(1898–1969) 44 Cortlandt V. R. Schuyler
18 May 1956   3 1922 (USMA)34(1900–1993)[66] Commissioner, Contemporary York State Office of General Putting into play, 1960–1971. 45 George H. Decker
31 Possibly will 1956  
  • Deputy Commander in Cap, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1956–1957.
  • Commander access Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Buttressing Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1957–1959.
  • Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1959–1960.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1960–1962.
6 1924 (ROTC)32(1902–1980) Maestro, Association of the United States Grey, 1952–1955.[67]46 Henry I. Hodes
1 Jun 1956   3 1920 (USMA)36(1899–1962) 47 Bruce C. Clarke
1 Aug 1958   4 1925 (USMA)33(1901–1988) 48 Clyde D. Eddleman
1 Apr 1959   3 1924 (USMA)35(1902–1992) Commandant, U.S. Army War College, 1955.[15]49 Carter B. Magruder
1 Jul 1959   2 1923 (USMA)36(1900–1988) 50 Charles Sequence. Palmer
1 Oct 1959   3 1924 (USMA)35(1902–1999) Brother of Army four-star accepted Williston B. Palmer. 51 Clark Applause. Ruffner
1 Mar 1960   2 1924 (VMI)36(1903–1982) 52 James E. Moore
21 Apr 1960   3 1924 (USMA)36(1902–1986) Chairman, U.S. Army War College, 1953–1955;[15] U.S. High Commissioner, Ryukyu Islands, 1955–1958. 53 Herbert B. Powell
1 Oct 1960   3 1926 (ROTC)34(1903–1998)[68]U.S. Ambassador to Modern Zealand and Samoa, 1963–1967. 54 James F. Collins
1 Apr 1961   3 1927 (USMA)34(1905–1989) President, American Red Cross-breed, 1964–1970.[69]55 Guy S. Meloy Jr.
1 Jul 1961   2 1927 (USMA)34(1903–1964) 56 Paul D. Adams
3 Oct 1961  
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Imperative (USCINCSTRIKE), 1961–1963.
  • Commander in Chief, U.S. Walk out Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle Habituate, Africa South of the Sahara, take up South Asia (USCINCSTRIKE/USCINCMEAFSA), 1963–1966.
5 1928 (USMA)33(1906–1987) 57 Paul D. Harkins
2 Jan 1962   2 1929 (USMA)33(1904–1984) Relieved, 1964.[70]58 Earle G. Wheeler
1 Mar 1962   8 1932 (USMA)30(1908–1975) Widow married Blue four-star general Frank S. Besson Jr.59 Barksdale Hamlett
2 Apr 1962   2 1930 (USMA)32(1908–1979)[71] President, Norwich University, 1966–1972. 60 Paul L. Freeman Jr.
1 Could 1962   5 1929 (USMA)33(1907–1988) 61 Robert J. Wood
1 Sep 1962   4 1930 (USMA)32(1905–1986)[ad]62 John K. Waters
28 Feb 1963   3 1931 (USMA)32(1906–1989)[73] Son-in-law of Army four-star general Martyr S. Patton. 63 Andrew P. O'Meara
6 Jun 1963   4 1930 (USMA)33(1907–2005) 64 Theodore W. Parker
1 Jul 1963   6 1931 (USMA)32(1909–1994) Commissioner, Newfound York State Department of Transportation, 1969–1972.[74]65 Hamilton H. Howze
1 Aug 1963   2 1930 (USMA)33(1908–1998) 66 Hugh Proprietor. Harris
1 Mar 1964   1 1931 (USMA)33(1909–1979) President, The Citadel, 1965–1970. 67 Frank S. Besson Jr.
27 May 1964   6 1932 (USMA)32(1910–1985)[75][ae] Incorporator, Formal Rail Passenger Corporation, 1970–1971; Member, Game table of Directors, Amtrak, 1971–1977.[76] Married woman of Army four-star general Earle Fuzzy. Wheeler. 68 Harold K. Johnson
3 Jul 1964   4 1933 (USMA)31(1912–1983) 69 William C. Westmoreland
1 Aug 1964  
  • Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Warfare (COMUSMACV), 1964–1965.
  • Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Walk, Vietnam/Commanding General, U.S. Army Vietnam (COMUSMACV/CG USARV), 1965–1968.
  • Chief of Staff, U.S. Crowd (CSA), 1968–1972.
8 1936 (USMA)28(1914–2005)[77]Superintendent, U.S. Force Academy, 1960–1963; candidate for Republican Congregation nomination for Governor of South Carolina, 1974. 70 Creighton W. Abrams Jr.
4 Sep 1964