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Albert Coady Wedemeyer
Albert Coady Wedemeyer (July 9, 1897 – 1989), American four-star general from Omaha, Nebraska, author of the 1941 Victory Plan, commander of US forces in China and chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek from October 1944, and Truman's 1947 fact-finding envoy to China and Korea.
Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924–2010), American Army general and statesman; Nixon and Ford White House chief of staff, NATO's SACEUR 1974–79, and Reagan's 59th secretary of state 1981–82, known for the 'I'm in control' remark.
Alexander Hamilton Jr.
Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1786-1875), second son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, was a Columbia-educated lawyer, War of 1812 captain, Florida district attorney, and Eliza Jumel's divorce lawyer against Aaron Burr.
Alexander Vindman
Alexander Vindman (born 1975), retired US Army lieutenant colonel and NSC director for Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Russia; key 2019 impeachment witness, Purple Heart recipient, author of Here, Right Matters and The Folly of Realism.
Anthony Aguilar
Anthony Aguilar, a retired US Army Special Forces officer, alleged witnessing war crimes at Gaza aid sites in 2025. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation rejected his account.
Anthony McAuliffe
Anthony C. McAuliffe (1898–1975), U.S. Army general, acting commander of the 101st Airborne at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; famous for replying "Nuts!" to a German surrender demand on 22 December 1944; later Chief of Chemical Corps and commander of U.S. Army Europe.
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), 'Mad Anthony,' Continental Army general of the American Revolution and commander of the Legion of the United States; won the Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794) and secured the Treaty of Greenville.
Archibald Roosevelt
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt (Archie, 1894-1979), third son of President Theodore Roosevelt, US Army officer wounded in both world wars, the only American medically discharged twice for the same wound, and founder of investment firm Roosevelt and Cross.
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845-1912), Union Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient at Missionary Ridge, later Major General and U.S. military governor of the Philippines 1900-1901, father of Douglas MacArthur.
Austin S. Miller
Austin S. "Scott" Miller (born 1961) is a retired U.S. Army four-star general, Delta Force commander, Joint Special Operations Command leader, and final commander of NATO Resolute Support and U.S. Forces–Afghanistan (2018–2021), who relinquished command in Kabul on July 12, 2021.
Barry McCaffrey
Barry Richard McCaffrey, retired four-star U.S. Army general, commanded the 24th Infantry Division's left hook in Desert Storm, led U.S. Southern Command, and was Bill Clinton's drug czar (ONDCP director, 1996-2001), later an NBC News military analyst and consultant.
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), American Revolutionary major general and hero of Ticonderoga, Valcour Island, and Saratoga, defected to the British in 1780 in the failed West Point plot, becoming America's synonym for traitor.
Benjamin Butler
Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818–1893), Union major general, Massachusetts politician, and "Contraband Decision" author at Fort Monroe; military governor of New Orleans (General Order No. 28), Johnson impeachment manager, and 1884 Greenback presidential candidate.
Benjamin Cleveland
Benjamin Cleveland (1738–1806), also spelled Cleaveland, was a Patriot militia colonel of Wilkes County, North Carolina, a Whig leader at Kings Mountain, and a harsh suppressor of Loyalists who later moved to South Carolina.
Benjamin Grierson
Benjamin Henry Grierson was a Union Civil War general whose 1863 cavalry raid through Mississippi aided Grant's Vicksburg campaign; he later commanded the Buffalo Soldiers.
Benjamin McCulloch
Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862), "Ol' Ben," Texas Ranger, San Jacinto veteran, Zachary Taylor's chief of scouts, U.S. marshal, and Confederate brigadier general killed at Pea Ridge on March 7, 1862.
Bo Gritz
Bo Gritz (James Gordon Gritz, 1939-2026), decorated US Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel of the Vietnam War, led private 1980s POW rescue missions into Laos, ran for president in 1992, and negotiated at Ruby Ridge.
Bonner Fellers
Bonner Frank Fellers (1896–1973), US Army brigadier general, military attaché in Cairo 1940–1942 whose intercepted Black Code reports aided Rommel, and MacArthur's military secretary who helped shield Emperor Hirohito from trial.
Carwood Lipton
Clifford Carwood "Lip" Lipton (1920–2001), Easy Company first sergeant and second lieutenant in the 101st Airborne's 506th PIR; Brécourt Manor and Foy leader who suggested the title Band of Brothers, from Ambrose's book and the HBO series in which Donnie Wahlberg played him.
Charles Alvin Beckwith
Charles Alvin "Chargin' Charlie" Beckwith (1929-1994), US Army Special Forces colonel, University of Georgia football player who turned down the Green Bay Packers, founded Delta Force on 19 November 1977 with Col. Thomas Henry and led Operation Eagle Claw.
Charles Lee (general)
Charles Lee (1731/1732-1782), British-born soldier of fortune and Continental Army major general, second in command under Washington; captured in 1776, disgraced by the Monmouth court-martial of 1778, dismissed in 1780.
Charles Pelot Summerall
Charles Pelot Summerall (1867-1955), American general and Army Chief of Staff 1926-1930, commanded the 1st Division and V Corps in World War I France and later served as president of The Citadel, 1931-1953.
Christopher C. Miller
Christopher C. Miller is a retired Army Special Forces colonel and former NCTC director who served as Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense from November 9, 2020 to January 20, 2021, overseeing the Afghanistan drawdown, the Pentagon transition halt, and the January 6 National Guard response.
Christopher G. Cavoli
Christopher G. Cavoli, also known as Chris Cavoli, is a retired US Army four-star general who served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2022 to 2025.
Christopher LaNeve
General Christopher C. LaNeve, 40th Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (since February 2026) and acting Chief of Staff (since April 2026), University of Arizona ROTC 1990, former commander of Eighth Army and the 82nd Airborne Division.
Clint Lorance
Clint Allen Lorance, former U.S. Army first lieutenant, 82nd Airborne, convicted at a 2013 court-martial of murder for a July 2012 Afghanistan motorcycle shooting, pardoned by Trump November 15, 2019; Tenth Circuit ruled pardon acceptance is not a guilt confession.
Creighton Abrams
Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. (1914–1974), U.S. Army general; World War II 37th Tank Battalion commander who relieved Bastogne, MACV commander in Vietnam 1968–1972, 27th Army chief of staff 1972–1974, namesake of the M1 Abrams tank.
Curtis Scaparrotti
Curtis M. Scaparrotti (born 1956), retired U.S. Army four-star general; NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and EUCOM commander 2016–2019; previously led U.S. Forces Korea 2013–2016; West Point 1978.
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan (c. 1735/1736–1802) was an American Revolutionary War general, rifle corps commander at Saratoga, and victor over Banastre Tarleton at Cowpens (1781) using three-line defense in depth; not the murdered journalist or the historian.
Daniel P. Driscoll
Daniel P. Driscoll, American former Army officer and venture capitalist from Boone, North Carolina; 26th Secretary of the Army (confirmed February 25, 2025), Yale Law graduate, Iraq War armor officer, launched the Army Transformation Initiative, resigned August 31, 2026.