Frederick C. Weyand | Ex-Army chief of staff, 93
Retired Gen. Frederick C. Weyand, 93, the last commander of U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War, has died at his retirement residence in Honolulu, stepdaughter Laurie Foster said.
Retired Gen. Frederick C. Weyand, 93, the last commander of U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War, has died at his retirement residence in Honolulu, stepdaughter Laurie Foster said.
He oversaw the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from South Vietnam before becoming the Army's chief of staff in 1974. He retired from active service in 1976.
Born in Arbuckle, Calif., in 1916, Gen. Weyand also served in World War II and the Korean War.
He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1939, the year after he received an ROTC commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
During World War II, he was an intelligence officer, serving in India, China, and Burma, now Myanmar. He commanded an infantry battalion in the Korean War.
In 1964, he assumed command of the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii and took it to Vietnam.
His military honors and decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Legion of Merit. - AP