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four-star general

This is a complete list of four-star generals in the United States Army, past and present. The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Army. It ranks above lieutenant general (three-star general) and below General of the Army (five-star general).

There have been 256 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 242 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army; eight were promoted after retirement; five were promoted posthumously; and one (George Washington) was appointed to that rank in the Continental Army, the U.S. Army's predecessor. Generals entered the Army via several paths: 161 were commissioned via the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), 53 via Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at a civilian university, 16 via direct commission (direct), 14 via Officer Candidate School (OCS), 8 via ROTC at a senior military college, one via ROTC at a military junior college, one via direct commission in the Army National Guard (ARNG), one via the aviation cadet program, and one via battlefield commission.

List of generals

Entries in the following list of four-star generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Each entry lists the general's name, date of rank,^[1] active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank,^[2] number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank (Yrs),^[3] year commissioned and source of commission,^[4] number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank (YC),^[5] and other biographical notes.^[6]

#	Name	Photo	Date of rank[1]	Position[2]	Yrs[3]	Commission[4]	YC[5]	Notes[6]
*	George Washington		15 Jun 1775	General and Commander in Chief, Continental Army, 1775–1783.	8	1775 (direct)	0	(1732–1799)[7] Promoted to General of the Armies, 4 Jul 1976. U.S. President, 1789–1797. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1776.
1	Ulysses S. Grant		25 Jul 1866	Commanding General, U.S. Army (CGUSA), 1864–1869.	5	1843 (USMA)	23	(1822–1885)[8] U.S. President, 1869–1877. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1863. Married great-aunt of Navy four-star admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr.
2	William T. Sherman		4 Mar 1869	Commanding General, U.S. Army (CGUSA), 1869–1883.	14	1840 (USMA)	29	(1820–1891) Superintendent, Louisiana Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, 1860–1861. Brother of U.S. Secretary of State John Sherman.
3	Philip H. Sheridan		1 Jun 1888	Commanding General, U.S. Army (CGUSA), 1883–1888.	0	1853 (USMA)	35	(1831–1888) Died in office.
4	Tasker H. Bliss		6 Oct 1917	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1917–1918. U.S. Military Representative, Allied Supreme War Council, 1918–1919.	2	1875 (USMA)	42	(1853–1930)[9][10] Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1920–1927.
5	John J. Pershing		6 Oct 1917	Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces (CG AEF), 1917–1921. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1921–1924.	7	1886 (USMA)	31	(1860–1948) Promoted to General 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; Congressional Gold Medal, 1946.
6	Peyton C. March		20 May 1918	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1918–1921.	2	1888 (USMA)	30	(1864–1955)[10]
7	Charles P. Summerall		23 Feb 1929	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1926–1930.	1	1892 (USMA)	37	(1867–1955)[11] President, The Citadel, 1931–1953.
8	Douglas MacArthur		21 Nov 1930	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1930–1935. Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, as of August 24, 1936. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (CG USAFFE), 1941–1942. Commander in Chief, South West Pacific Area (CINCSWPA), 1942–1945. Commander in Chief, South West Pacific Area/Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific (CINCSWPA/CINCAFPAC), 1945. Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific (SCAP/CINCAFPAC), 1945–1947. Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, Far East Command (SCAP/CINCFE), 1947–1950. Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command (SCAP/CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1950. Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (SCAP/CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1950–1951.	15	1903 (USMA)	27	(1880–1964)[12] Promoted to general of the Army, 18 Dec 1944. Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1919–1922. Awarded Medal of Honor, 1942; Congressional Gold Medal, 1962. Grandson of Wisconsin Governor Arthur MacArthur Sr.; uncle of U.S. Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II. Relieved, 1951.
9	Malin Craig		2 Oct 1935	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1935–1939. Chairman, War Department Personnel Board, 1941–1945.	8	1898 (USMA)	37	(1875–1945)[13]
10	George C. Marshall Jr.		1 Sep 1939	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1939–1945.	6	1902 (VMI)[14]	38	(1880–1959)[15] Promoted to general of the Army, 16 Dec 1944. Special Representative of the President in China, 1945–1947; U.S. Secretary of State, 1947–1949; Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1949–1959; President, American Red Cross, 1949–1950; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1950–1951. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1946; Nobel Peace Prize, 1953.
*	John L. Hines		15 Jun 1940	(retired)	0	1891 (USMA)	49	(1868–1968)[16] Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 1924–1926.
11	Dwight D. Eisenhower		11 Feb 1943	Commander in Chief, Allied (Expeditionary) Force (CINC Allied Forces), 1942–1943. Commander in Chief, Allied Forces/Commander in Chief, Mediterranean Theater of Operations/Commanding General, North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (CINC Allied Forces/CINC MTO/CG NATOUSA), 1943–1944. Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force/Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (SCAEF/CG ETOUSA), 1944–1945. Commanding General, U.S. Forces, European Theater/Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany (CG USFET), 1945. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1945–1948. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), 1951–1952.	6	1915 (USMA)	28	(1890–1969)[17] Promoted to general of the Army, 20 Dec 1944. President, Columbia University, 1948–1953; U.S. President, 1953–1961.
12	Henry H. Arnold		19 Mar 1943	Commanding General, Army Air Forces (CG AAF), 1942–1944. Commanding General, Army Air Forces/Commanding General, Twentieth Air Force (CG AAF), 1944–1945. Commanding General, Army Air Forces/Commanding General, Continental Air Forces/Commanding General, Twentieth Air Force (CG AAF/CG CAF), 1945.[18] Commanding General, Army Air Forces/Commanding General, Continental Air Forces (CG AAF/CG CAF), 1945–1946.	3	1907 (USMA)	36	(1886–1950)[19] Promoted to general of the Army, 21 Dec 1944; to general of the Air Force, 7 May 1949.
13	Joseph W. Stilwell		1 Aug 1944	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia/Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces, China Burma India Theater (DSACSEA/CG USAFCBI), 1943–1944. Commanding General, Army Ground Forces (CG AGF), 1945. Commanding General, Tenth Army, 1945. Commanding General, Western Defense Command, 1945–1946. Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1946.	2	1904 (USMA)	40	(1883–1946) Died in office.
14	Walter Krueger		5 Mar 1945	Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1943–1946.	1	1901 (direct)	44	(1881–1967)[20]
15	Brehon B. Somervell		6 Mar 1945	Commanding General, Army Service Forces (CG ASF), 1942–1946.	1	1914 (USMA)	31	(1892–1955)[21]
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. Occupation Zone in Germany (CG USFET), 1945–1947. Senior Member, United Nations Military Staff Committee, 1947. Commanding General, Air Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1947–1949. Chairman, Department of Defense Management Committee, 1949–1952.	7	1915 (USMA)	30	(1893–1972)[19]
17	Jacob L. Devers		8 Mar 1945	Commanding General, Sixth Army Group, 1944–1945. Commanding General, Army Ground Forces (CG AGF), 1945–1948. Chief, Army Field Forces (CAFF), 1948–1949.	4	1909 (USMA)	36	(1887–1979) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1960–1969.
18	George C. Kenney		9 Mar 1945	Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, South West Pacific Area (CG AAFSWPA), 1942–1945. Member, Military Staff Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1945–1946. Commanding General, Strategic Air Command (CG SAC), 1946–1948. Commander, Air University, 1948–1951.	6	1917 (cadet)	28	(1889–1977)[19]
19	Mark W. Clark		10 Mar 1945	Commanding General, Fifteenth Army Group, 1944–1945. U.S. High Commissioner, Austria/Commanding General, U.S. Forces Austria, 1945–1947. Commanding General, Sixth Army, 1947–1949. Chief, Army Field Forces (CAFF), 1949–1952. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1952–1953.	8	1917 (USMA)	28	(1896–1984)[22] President, The Citadel, 1954–1966; Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1969–1984.
20	Carl A. Spaatz		11 Mar 1945	Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe (CG USSAFE), 1945. Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (CG USASTAF), 1945. Deputy to the Commanding General, Army Air Forces for Special Organizational Planning, 1945–1946.[23] Commanding General, Army Air Forces (CG AAF), 1946–1947. Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (CSAF), 1947–1948.	3	1914 (USMA)	31	(1891–1974)[19]
21	Omar N. Bradley		12 Mar 1945	Commanding General, Twelfth Army Group, 1944–1945. Administrator, Veterans Administration, 1945–1947. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1948–1949. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff/Chairman, NATO Military Committee (CJCS), 1949–1950. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff/U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (CJCS/USMILREP), 1950–1953.	8	1915 (USMA)	30	(1893–1981) Promoted to general of the Army, 22 Sep 1950. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977.
22	Thomas T. Handy		13 Mar 1945	Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (DCSA), 1944–1947. Commanding General, Fourth Army, 1947–1949. Commander in Chief, European Command (CINCEUR), 1949–1952. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1952. Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1952–1954.	9	1916 (VMI)[14]	29	(1892–1982)
23	George S. Patton Jr.		14 Apr 1945	Commanding General, Third Army, 1944–1945. Commanding General, Fifteenth Army, 1945.	0	1909 (USMA)	36	(1885–1945) Died in office. Father-in-law of Army four-star general John K. Waters.
24	Courtney H. Hodges		15 Apr 1945	Commanding General, First Army, 1944–1949.	4	1909 (direct)	36	(1887–1966)
25	Jonathan M. Wainwright IV		5 Sep 1945	Commanding General, Fourth Army, 1946.	1	1906 (USMA)	39	(1883–1953) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1945.
26	Lucius D. Clay		28 Mar 1947	Commander in Chief, European Command/Military Governor, U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany (CINCEUR), 1947–1949.	2	1918 (USMA)	29	(1897–1978) Special Representative of the President in Berlin, 1961–1962. Son of U.S. Senator Alexander S. Clay; father of Air Force four-star general Lucius D. Clay Jr.
27	J. Lawton Collins		24 Jan 1948	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1948–1949. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1949–1953. U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 1953–1956.	8	1917 (USMA)	31	(1896–1987) U.S. Special Representative to Vietnam, 1954–1955.
28	Wade H. Haislip		1 Oct 1949	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1949–1951.	2	1912 (USMA)	37	(1889–1971) Governor, U.S. Soldiers' Home, 1951–1966.
*	Walton H. Walker		2 Jan 1951	(posthumous)	0	1912 (USMA)	39	(1889–1950)[24] Died in office. Father of Army four-star general Sam S. Walker.
29	Matthew B. Ridgway		11 May 1951	Supreme Commander, Allied Powers/Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (SCAP/CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1951. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1951–1952. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), 1952. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in 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 of Freedom, 1986; Congressional Gold Medal, 1990.
30	Walter Bedell Smith		1 Jul 1951	Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), 1950–1953.	2	1917 (direct)	34	(1895–1961) U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1946–1949; U.S. Under Secretary of State, 1953–1954.
31	John E. Hull		30 Jul 1951	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1951–1953. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1953–1955.	4	1917 (direct)	34	(1895–1975)
32	James A. Van Fleet		31 Jul 1951	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CG EUSA), 1951–1953.	2	1915 (USMA)	36	(1892–1992) Special Representative of the President in the Far East, 1954.
33	Alfred M. Gruenther		1 Aug 1951	Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE), 1951–1953. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1953–1956.	5	1917 (USMA)	34	(1899–1983) President, American Red Cross, 1957–1964.
34	John R. Hodge		5 Jul 1952	Chief, Army Field Forces (CAFF), 1952–1953.	1	1917 (direct)	35	(1893–1963)
35	Maxwell D. Taylor		23 Jun 1953	Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CG EUSA), 1953–1954. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CG USAFFE/CG EUSA), 1954–1955. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor 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)[25] Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1945–1949; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1964–1965; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1966–1969.
36	Charles L. Bolte		30 Jul 1953	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1953. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1953–1955.	2	1917 (direct)	36	(1895–1989)
37	William M. Hoge Jr.		23 Oct 1953	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1953–1955.	2	1916 (USMA)	37	(1894–1979)
*	Robert L. Eichelberger		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1909 (USMA)	45	(1886–1961)[26] Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1940–1942.
*	Lucian K. Truscott Jr.		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1917 (direct)	37	(1895–1965)[26]
*	Leonard T. Gerow		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1911 (VMI)[14]	43	(1888–1972)[26]
*	William H. Simpson		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1909 (USMA)	45	(1888–1980)[26]
*	Ben Lear Jr.		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1901 (direct)	53	(1879–1966)[26]
*	Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.		19 Jul 1954	(posthumous)	0	1908 (USMA)	46	(1886–1945)[26] Killed in action. Son of Kentucky Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
*	Alexander M. Patch		19 Jul 1954	(posthumous)	0	1913 (USMA)	41	(1889–1945)[26] Died in office.
*	Lesley J. McNair		19 Jul 1954	(posthumous)	0	1904 (USMA)	50	(1883–1944)[26] Killed in action.
*	John L. DeWitt		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1898 (direct)	56	(1880–1962)[26]
*	Albert C. Wedemeyer		19 Jul 1954	(retired)	0	1918 (USMA)	36	(1897–1989)[26] Special Representative of the President in China and Korea, 1947. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1985.
*	Robert C. Richardson Jr.		19 Jul 1954	(posthumous)	0	1904 (USMA)	50	(1882–1954)[26]
38	John E. Dahlquist		18 Aug 1954	Chief, Army Field Forces (CAFF), 1953–1955. Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1955–1956.	2	1917 (direct)	37	(1896–1975)
39	Anthony C. McAuliffe		1 Mar 1955	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1955–1956.	1	1918 (USMA)	37	(1898–1975)
40	Lyman L. Lemnitzer		25 Mar 1955	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CG USAFFE/CG EUSA), 1955. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, Far East Command/Military Governor of the Ryukyu Islands (CINCUNC/CINCFE), 1955–1957. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1957–1959. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1959–1960. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1960–1962. Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (USCINCEUR), 1962–1963. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1963–1969. Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,[27] 1969.	14	1920 (USMA)	35	(1899–1988)[28] Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1987.
41	Williston B. Palmer		1 May 1955	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1955–1957. Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1957–1959. Director of Military Assistance, 1959–1962.	7	1919 (USMA)	36	(1899–1973)[29] Brother of Army four-star general Charles D. Palmer.
42	Isaac D. White		22 Jun 1955	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Far East/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CG USAFFE/CG EUSA), 1955–1957. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1957–1961.	6	1922 (Norwich)	33	(1901–1990)
43	Willard G. Wyman		1 Mar 1956	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1956–1958.	2	1919 (USMA)	37	(1898–1969)
44	Cortlandt V. R. Schuyler		18 May 1956	Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE), 1953–1959.	3	1922 (USMA)	34	(1900–1993) Commissioner, New York State Office of General Services, 1960–1971.
45	George H. Decker		31 May 1956	Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1956–1957. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces 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)
46	Henry I. Hodes		1 Jun 1956	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1956–1959.	3	1920 (USMA)	36	(1899–1962)
47	Bruce C. Clarke		1 Aug 1958	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1958–1960. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1960–1962.	4	1925 (USMA)	33	(1901–1988)
48	Clyde D. Eddleman		1 Apr 1959	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1959–1960. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1960–1962.	3	1924 (USMA)	35	(1902–1992)
49	Carter B. Magruder		1 Jul 1959	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1959–1961.	2	1923 (USMA)	36	(1900–1988)
50	Charles D. Palmer		1 Oct 1959	Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1959–1962.	3	1924 (USMA)	35	(1902–1999) Brother of Army four-star general Williston B. Palmer.
51	Clark L. Ruffner		1 Mar 1960	U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 1960–1962.	2	1924 (VMI)	36	(1903–1982)
52	James E. Moore		21 Apr 1960	Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE), 1959–1963.	3	1924 (USMA)	36	(1902–1986) U.S. High Commissioner, Ryukyu Islands, 1955–1958.
53	Herbert B. Powell		1 Oct 1960	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1960–1963.	3	1926 (ROTC)	34	(1903–1998) U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1963–1967.
54	James F. Collins		1 Apr 1961	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1961–1964.	3	1927 (USMA)	34	(1905–1989) President, American Red Cross, 1964–1970.
55	Guy S. Meloy Jr.		1 Jul 1961	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1961–1963.	2	1927 (USMA)	34	(1903–1964)
56	Paul D. Adams		3 Oct 1961	Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command (USCINCSTRIKE), 1961–1963. Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia (USCINCSTRIKE/USCINCMEAFSA), 1963–1966.	5	1928 (USMA)	33	(1906–1987)
57	Paul D. Harkins		2 Jan 1962	Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (COMUSMACV), 1962–1964.	2	1929 (USMA)	33	(1904–1984)
58	Earle G. Wheeler		1 Mar 1962	Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (DCINCEUR), 1962. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1962–1964. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1964–1970.	8	1932 (USMA)	30	(1908–1975) Widow married Army four-star general Frank S. Besson Jr.
59	Barksdale Hamlett		2 Apr 1962	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1962–1964.	2	1930 (USMA)	32	(1908–1979) President, Norwich University, 1966–1972.
60	Paul L. Freeman Jr.		1 May 1962	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1962–1965. Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1965–1967.	5	1929 (USMA)	33	(1907–1988)
61	Robert J. Wood		1 Sep 1962	Director of Military Assistance, 1962–1965.	3	1930 (USMA)	32	(1905–1986)
62	John K. Waters		28 Feb 1963	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1963–1964. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1964–1966.	3	1931 (USMA)	32	(1906–1989) Son-in-law of Army four-star general George S. Patton.
63	Andrew P. O'Meara		6 Jun 1963	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1961–1965. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1965–1967.	4	1930 (USMA)	33	(1907–2005)
64	Theodore W. Parker		1 Jul 1963	Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (COFS SHAPE), 1963–1969.	6	1931 (USMA)	32	(1909–1994) Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation, 1969–1972.
65	Hamilton H. Howze		1 Aug 1963	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1963–1965.	2	1930 (USMA)	33	(1908–1998)
66	Hugh P. Harris		1 Mar 1964	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1964–1965.	1	1931 (USMA)	33	(1909–1979) President, The Citadel, 1965–1970.
67	Frank S. Besson Jr.		27 May 1964	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1962–1969. Chairman, Joint Logistics Review Board, 1969–1970.	6	1932 (USMA)	32	(1910–1985)[30] Incorporator, National Rail Passenger Corporation, 1970–1971; Member, Board of Directors, AMTRAK, 1971–1974. Married widow of Army four-star general Earle G. Wheeler.
68	Harold K. Johnson		3 Jul 1964	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1964–1968.	4	1933 (USMA)	31	(1912–1983)
69	William C. Westmoreland		1 Aug 1964	Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (COMUSMACV), 1964–1965. Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam/Commanding General, U.S. Army Vietnam (COMUSMACV/CG USARV), 1965–1968. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1968–1972.	8	1936 (USMA)	28	(1914–2005) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1960–1963; candidate for Republican Party nomination for Governor of South Carolina, 1974.
70	Creighton W. Abrams Jr.		4 Sep 1964	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1964–1967. Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (Deputy COMUSMACV), 1967–1968. Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam/Commanding General, U.S. Army Vietnam (COMUSMACV/CG USARV), 1968–1972. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1972–1974.	10	1936 (USMA)	28	(1914–1974) Died in office. Father of Army four-star generals John N. Abrams and Robert B. Abrams.
71	Robert W. Porter Jr.		18 Mar 1965	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1965–1969.	4	1930 (USMA)	35	(1908–2000)
72	Dwight E. Beach		1 Jul 1965	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1965–1966. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1966–1968.	3	1932 (USMA)	33	(1908–2000)
73	Charles H. Bonesteel III		1 Sep 1966	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1966–1969.	3	1931 (USMA)	35	(1909–1977)
74	Theodore J. Conway		1 Nov 1966	Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia (USCINCSTRIKE/USCINCMEAFSA), 1966–1969.	3	1933 (USMA)	33	(1909–1990)
75	James H. Polk		31 May 1967	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1967–1971.	4	1933 (USMA)	34	(1911–1992) Distant cousin of U.S. President James K. Polk.
76	Ralph E. Haines Jr.		1 Jun 1967	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1967–1968. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1968–1970. Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1970–1973.	6	1935 (USMA)	32	(1913–2011)
77	James K. Woolnough		1 Jul 1967	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1967–1970.	3	1932 (USMA)	35	(1910–1996)
78	Andrew J. Goodpaster		3 Jul 1968	Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (Deputy COMUSMACV), 1968. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1969–1974.	6	1939 (USMA)	29	(1915–2005)[31] Staff Secretary/Defense Liaison Officer to the President, 1954–1961; Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1977–1981; President, Institute for Defense Analyses, 1983–1985; Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1985–1990. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1961 and 1984.
79	Ben Harrell		4 Jul 1968	Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (COMLANDSOUTHEAST), 1968–1971.	3	1933 (USMA)	35	(1911–1981)
80	Berton E. Spivy Jr.		31 Jul 1968	U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 1968–1971.	3	1934 (USMA)	34	(1911–1997)
81	Bruce Palmer Jr.		1 Aug 1968	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1968–1973. Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1973–1974.	6	1936 (USMA)	32	(1913–2000)
82	George R. Mather		1 Mar 1969	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1969–1971.	2	1932 (USMA)	37	(1911–1993)
83	Ferdinand J. Chesarek		10 Mar 1969	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1969–1970.	1	1938 (USMA)	31	(1914–1993)
84	William B. Rosson		15 May 1969	Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (Deputy COMUSMACV), 1969–1970. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1970–1973. Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1973–1975.	6	1940 (ROTC)	29	(1918–2004)
85	John L. Throckmorton		1 Aug 1969	Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command/U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa south of the Sahara, and South Asia (USCINCSTRIKE/USCINCMEAFSA), 1969–1972. Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1972–1973.	4	1935 (USMA)	34	(1913–1986)
86	John H. Michaelis		1 Oct 1969	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1969–1972.	3	1936 (USMA)	33	(1912–1985)
87	Lewis B. Hershey		23 Dec 1969	Presidential Advisor on Manpower Mobilization, 1970–1973.	4	1913 (ARNG)	56	(1893–1977)[32] Director, Selective Service System, 1941–1970.
88	Frederick C. Weyand		31 Oct 1970	Deputy Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (Deputy COMUSMACV), 1970–1972. Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam/Commanding General, U.S. Army Vietnam (COMUSMACV/CG USARV), 1972–1973. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1973. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1973–1974. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1974–1976.	6	1938 (ROTC)	32	(1916–2010)
89	Henry A. Miley Jr.		1 Nov 1970	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1970–1975.	5	1940 (USMA)	30	(1915–2010)
90	Frank T. Mildren		1 Apr 1971	Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (COMLANDSOUTHEAST), 1971–1973.	2	1939 (USMA)	32	(1913–1990)
91	Michael S. Davison		26 May 1971	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1971–1975.	4	1939 (USMA)	32	(1917–2006) Aunt married Navy four-star admiral Arthur W. Radford.
92	George V. Underwood Jr.		1 Oct 1971	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1971–1973.	2	1937 (USMA)	34	(1913–1984)
93	Donald V. Bennett		1 Sep 1972	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1972–1973. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Pacific (CINCUSARPAC), 1973–1974.	2	1940 (USMA)	32	(1915–2005) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1966–1969; Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969–1972.
94	Alexander M. Haig Jr.		4 Jan 1973[33]	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1973. White House Chief of Staff, 1973–1974.[34] Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1974–1979.	5	1947 (USMA)	26	(1924–2010)[35] Deputy National Security Advisor, 1970–1973; U.S. Secretary of State, 1981–1982; candidate for Republican Party nomination for U.S. President, 1988.
95	Walter T. Kerwin Jr.		1 Feb 1973	Commanding General, U.S. Continental Army Command (CG CONARC), 1973. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1973–1974. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1974–1978.	5	1939 (USMA)	34	(1917–2008) Married widow of Marine Corps four-star general Keith B. McCutcheon.
96	William E. DePuy		1 Jul 1973	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1973–1977.	4	1941 (ROTC)	32	(1919–1992)
97	Richard G. Stilwell		31 Jul 1973	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1973–1976.	3	1938 (USMA)	35	(1917–1991) U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, 1981–1985.
98	Melvin Zais		1 Aug 1973	Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (COMLANDSOUTHEAST), 1973–1976.	3	1937 (ROTC)	36	(1916–1981)
99	Bernard W. Rogers		7 Nov 1974	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1974–1976. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1976–1979. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1979–1987.	13	1943 (USMA)	31	(1921–2008)
100	John J. Hennessey		8 Nov 1974	Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1974–1979.	5	1944 (USMA)	30	(1921–2001)
101	John R. Deane Jr.		12 Feb 1975	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1975–1976. Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command (CG DARCOM), 1976–1977.	2	1942 (USMA)	33	(1919–2013)
102	George S. Blanchard		1 Jul 1975	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1975–1979.	4	1944 (USMA)	31	(1920–2006)
103	William A. Knowlton		1 Jun 1976	Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (COMLANDSOUTHEAST), 1976–1977. U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 1977–1980.	4	1943 (USMA)	33	(1920–2008) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1970–1974. Father-in-law of Army four-star general David H. Petraeus.
104	Frederick J. Kroesen Jr.		1 Oct 1976	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1976–1978. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1978–1979. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1979–1983.	7	1943 (OCS)	33	(1923–2020)
105	John W. Vessey Jr.		1 Nov 1976	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1976–1978. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1978–1979. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1979–1982. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1982–1985.	9	1944 (battlefield)	32	(1922–2016) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1992.
106	Sam S. Walker		1977	Commander, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (COMLANDSOUTHEAST), 1977–1978.	1	1946 (USMA)	31	(1925–2015) Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 1981–1988. Son of Army four-star general Walton H. Walker.
107	John R. Guthrie		1 May 1977	Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command (CG DARCOM), 1977–1981.	4	1942 (ROTC)	35	(1921–2009)
108	Donn A. Starry		1 Jul 1977	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1977–1981. Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1981–1983.	6	1948 (USMA)	29	(1925–2011)
109	Robert M. Shoemaker		22 Aug 1978	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1978–1982.	4	1946 (USMA)	32	(1924–2017)
110	Edward C. Meyer		22 Jun 1979	Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1979–1983.	4	1951 (USMA)	28	(1928–2021)
111	John A. Wickham Jr.		10 Jul 1979	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1979–1982. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1982–1983. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1983–1987.	8	1950 (USMA)	29	(1928–       )
112	Volney F. Warner		1 Aug 1979	Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1979–1981.	2	1950 (USMA)	29	(1926–2019)
113	Glenn K. Otis		1 Aug 1981	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1981–1983. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1983–1988.	7	1953 (USMA)	28	(1929–2013)
114	Donald R. Keith		1 Sep 1981	Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command (CG DARCOM), 1981–1984.	3	1949 (USMA)	32	(1927–2004)
115	Richard E. Cavazos		19 Feb 1982	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1982–1984.	2	1951 (ROTC)	31	(1929–2017) Brother of U.S. Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos. First Hispanic to achieve the rank of general in the Army.
116	Robert W. Sennewald		24 May 1982	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1982–1984. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1984–1986.	4	1951 (ROTC)	31	(1929–2023)
117	Roscoe Robinson Jr.		30 Aug 1982	U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 1982–1985.	3	1951 (USMA)	31	(1928–1993) First African-American to achieve the rank of general in the Army.
118	William R. Richardson		28 Feb 1983	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1983–1986.	3	1951 (USMA)	32	(1929–       )
119	Paul F. Gorman		25 May 1983	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1983–1985.	2	1950 (USMA)	33	(1927–       )
120	Wallace H. Nutting		25 May 1983	Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1983–1985.	2	1950 (USMA)	33	(1928–       )
121	Maxwell R. Thurman		23 Jun 1983	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1983–1987. Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1987–1989. Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1989–1990.	7	1953 (ROTC)	30	(1931–1995)
122	William J. Livsey		3 May 1984	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1984–1987.	3	1952 (ROTC)	32	(1931–2016)
123	Richard H. Thompson		29 Jun 1984	Commanding General, U.S. Army Development and Readiness Command (CG DARCOM), 1984. Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1984–1987.	3	1950 (direct)	34	(1926–2016)
124	Robert C. Kingston		6 Nov 1984	Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (USCINCCENT), 1983–1985.	1	1949 (OCS)	35	(1928–2007)
125	John R. Galvin		25 Feb 1985	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1985–1987. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1987–1992.	7	1954 (USMA)	31	(1929–2015) U.S. Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1994.
126	Fred K. Mahaffey		17 Jun 1985	Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1985–1986.	1	1955 (ROTC)	30	(1934–1986) Died in office.
127	Jack N. Merritt		1 Dec 1985	U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee (USMILREP), 1985–1987.	2	1953 (OCS)	32	(1930–2018)
128	Carl E. Vuono		1 Jul 1986	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1986–1987. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1987–1991.	5	1957 (USMA)	29	(1934–       )
129	Joseph T. Palastra Jr.		1 Jul 1986	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1986–1987. Commander in Chief, Forces Command (CINCFOR), 1987–1989.	3	1954 (USMA)	32	(1931–2015)
130	James J. Lindsay		10 Oct 1986	Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (USCINCRED), 1986–1987. Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC), 1987–1990.	4	1953 (OCS)	33	(1932–       )
131	Louis C. Wagner Jr.		13 Apr 1987	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1987–1989.	2	1954 (USMA)	33	(1932–       )
132	Frederick F. Woerner Jr.		6 Jun 1987	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1987–1989.	2	1955 (USMA)	32	(1933–       ) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 1994–2001. Relieved, 1989.
133	Arthur E. Brown Jr.		24 Jun 1987	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1987–1989.	2	1953 (USMA)	34	(1929–       )
134	Louis C. Menetrey		24 Jun 1987	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1987–1990.	3	1953 (ROTC)	34	(1929–2009)
135	Crosbie E. Saint		24 Jun 1988	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1988–1992.	4	1958 (USMA)	30	(1936–2018)
136	H. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.		23 Nov 1988	Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (USCINCCENT), 1988–1991.	3	1956 (USMA)	32	(1934–2012)[36] Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991; Congressional Gold Medal, 1991.
137	Robert W. RisCassi		17 Jan 1989	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1989–1990. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth U.S. Army (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK/CG EUSA), 1990–1992. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK), 1992–1993.	4	1958 (ROTC)	31	(1936–       )
138	Colin L. Powell		4 Apr 1989	Commander in Chief, Forces Command (CINCFOR), 1989. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1989–1993.	4	1958 (ROTC)	31	(1937–2021) Deputy National Security Advisor, 1987; National Security Advisor, 1987–1989; U.S. Secretary of State, 2001–2005. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 1991; Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1991 and, with distinction, 1993.
139	John W. Foss		2 Aug 1989	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1989–1991.	2	1956 (USMA)	33	(1933–2020)
140	Edwin H. Burba Jr.		27 Sep 1989	Commander in Chief, Forces Command (CINCFOR), 1989–1993.	4	1959 (USMA)	30	(1936–       )
141	William G. T. Tuttle Jr.		1 Oct 1989	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1989–1992.	3	1958 (USMA)	31	(1935–2020)
142	Gordon R. Sullivan		4 Jun 1990	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1990–1991. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1991–1995.	5	1959 (Norwich)	31	(1937–       )
143	Carl W. Stiner		1 Jul 1990	Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC), 1990–1993.	3	1958 (ROTC)	32	(1936–2022)
144	George A. Joulwan		21 Nov 1990	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1990–1993. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1993–1997.	7	1961 (USMA)	29	(1939–       )
145	Dennis J. Reimer		21 Jun 1991	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1991–1993. Commander in Chief, Forces Command (CINCFOR), 1993. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1993–1995. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1995–1999.	8	1962 (USMA)	29	(1939–       )
146	Frederick M. Franks Jr.		23 Aug 1991	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1991–1994.	3	1959 (USMA)	32	(1936–       ) Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission, 2005–2009.
147	Jimmy D. Ross		1 Feb 1992	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1992–1994.	2	1958 (ROTC)	34	(1936–2012)
148	John M. Shalikashvili		24 Jun 1992	Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1992–1993. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1993–1997.	5	1959 (OCS)	33	(1936–2011) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1997.
149	David M. Maddox		9 Jul 1992	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG), 1992–1993. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CINCUSAREUR), 1993–1994.	2	1960 (VMI)	32	(1938–       )[37]
150	J. H. Binford Peay III		26 Mar 1993	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1993–1994. Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (USCINCCENT), 1994–1997.	4	1962 (VMI)	31	(1940–       ) Superintendent, Virginia Military Institute, 2003–2020.
151	Wayne A. Downing		20 May 1993	Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC), 1993–1996.	3	1962 (USMA)	31	(1940–2007) Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism, 2001–2002.
152	Gary E. Luck		1 Jul 1993	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK), 1993–1996.	3	1960 (ROTC)	33	(1937–       )
153	Leon E. Salomon		11 Feb 1994	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1994–1996.	2	1959 (OCS)	35	(1936–       )
154	Barry R. McCaffrey		17 Feb 1994	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1994–1996.	2	1964 (USMA)	30	(1942–       ) Director, National Drug Control Policy, 1996–2001.
155	John H. Tilelli Jr.		19 Jul 1994	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1994–1995. Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1995–1996. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK), 1996–1999.	5	1963 (PMC)[38]	31	(1941–       )
156	William W. Hartzog		1 Dec 1994	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1994–1998.	4	1963 (Citadel)	31	(1941–2020)
157	William W. Crouch		1 Jan 1995	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CINCUSAREUR), 1994–1996. Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Allied Land Forces Central Europe (CINCUSAREUR/COMLANDCENT), 1996–1997. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1997–1998.	3	1963 (ROTC)	32	(1941–       )
158	Ronald H. Griffith		6 Jun 1995	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1995–1997.	2	1960 (ROTC)	35	(1936–2018)
159	H. Hugh Shelton		1 Mar 1996	Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC), 1996–1997. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 1997–2001.	5	1964 (ROTC)	32	(1942–       ) Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, 2002.
160	Johnnie E. Wilson		1 May 1996	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1996–1999.	3	1967 (OCS)	29	(1944–       )
161	Wesley K. Clark		21 Jun 1996	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 1996–1997. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1997–2000.	4	1966 (USMA)	30	(1944–       ) Candidate for Democratic Party nomination for U.S. President, 2004. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2000.
162	David A. Bramlett		1 Sep 1996	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1996–1998.	2	1964 (USMA)	32	(1941–       )
163	Eric K. Shinseki		5 Aug 1997	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army/Commander, Allied Land Forces Central Europe (CG USAREUR/COMLANDCENT), 1997–1998. Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CG USAREUR), 1998. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1998–1999. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 1999–2003.	6	1965 (USMA)	32	(1942–       ) U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009–2014.[39] First Asian-American to achieve the rank of general in the Army.
164	Peter J. Schoomaker		4 Oct 1997	Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC), 1997–2000. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 2003–2007.	7	1969 (ROTC)	28	(1946–       )[40] Brother of Army lieutenant general Eric Schoomaker.
165	Thomas A. Schwartz		31 Aug 1998	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1998–1999. Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK), 1999–2002.	4	1967 (USMA)	31	(1945–       )
166	John N. Abrams		14 Sep 1998	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 1998–2002.	4	1968 (OCS)	30	(1946–2018) Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams; brother of Army four-star general Robert B. Abrams.
167	Montgomery C. Meigs		10 Nov 1998	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CG USAREUR), 1998–2002.	4	1967 (USMA)	31	(1945–2021) Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, 2005–2007. Distant cousin of Navy four-star admiral Montgomery M. Taylor and great-great-great grandnephew of Montgomery C. Meigs.
168	John M. Keane		22 Jan 1999	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 1999–2003.	4	1966 (ROTC)	33	(1943–       ) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2020.
169	John G. Coburn		14 May 1999	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 1999–2001.	2	1963 (ROTC)	36	(1941–       )
170	John W. Hendrix		23 Nov 1999	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 1999–2001.	2	1965 (ROTC)	34	(1942–       )
171	William F. Kernan		Jul 2000	Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic/Commander in Chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command (SACLANT/CINCUSJFCOM), 2000–2002.	2	1968 (OCS)	32	(1946–       )
172	Tommy R. Franks		6 Jul 2000	Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (USCINCCENT), 2000–2002. Commander, U.S. Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), 2002–2003.	3	1967 (OCS)	33	(1945–       ) Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2004.
173	Paul J. Kern		30 Oct 2001	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2001–2004.	3	1967 (USMA)	34	(1945–       )
174	Larry R. Ellis		19 Nov 2001	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2001–2004.	3	1969 (ROTC)	32	(1946–       )
175	Leon J. LaPorte		1 May 2002	Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CINCUNC/CINCCFC/COMUSFK), 2002. Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK), 2002–2006.	4	1968 (ROTC)	34	(1946–       )
176	James T. Hill		18 Aug 2002	Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command (USCINCSO), 2002. Commander, U.S. Southern Command (CDRUSSOUTHCOM), 2002–2004.	2	1968 (ROTC)	34	(1946–       )
177	Kevin P. Byrnes		7 Nov 2002	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 2002–2005.	3	1969 (OCS)	33	(1950–       )[41] Relieved, 2005.
178	Burwell B. Bell III		3 Dec 2002	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CG USAREUR), 2002–2005. Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK), 2006–2008.	6	1969 (ROTC)	33	(1947–       )
179	John P. Abizaid		27 Jun 2003	Commander, U.S. Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), 2003–2007.	4	1973 (USMA)	30	(1951–       ) U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 2019–2021.
180	Bryan D. Brown		25 Aug 2003	Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRUSSOCOM), 2003–2007.	4	1970 (OCS)	33	(1948–       )
181	George W. Casey Jr.		1 Dec 2003	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2003–2004. Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (CG MNF-I), 2004–2007. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 2007–2011.	8	1970 (ROTC)	33	(1948–       )
182	Richard A. Cody		24 Jun 2004	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2004–2008.	4	1972 (USMA)	32	(1950–       )
183	Dan K. McNeill		1 Jul 2004	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2004–2007. Commander, International Security Assistance Force (CDRISAF), 2007–2008.	4	1968 (ROTC)	36	(1946–       )
184	Benjamin S. Griffin		5 Nov 2004	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2004–2008.	4	1970 (OCS)	34	(1946–       )
185	Bantz J. Craddock		1 Jan 2005	Commander, U.S. Southern Command (CDRUSSOUTHCOM), 2004–2006. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/CDRUSEUCOM), 2006–2009.	4	1971 (ROTC)	33	(1949–       )
186	William S. Wallace		13 Oct 2005	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 2005–2008.	3	1969 (USMA)	36	(1946–       )
187	David D. McKiernan		14 Dec 2005	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CG USAREUR), 2005–2008. Commander, International Security Assistance Force (CDRISAF), 2008. Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRISAF/CDRUSFOR-A), 2008–2009.	4	1972 (ROTC)	33	(1950–       ) Resigned, 2009.
188	William E. Ward		3 May 2006	Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command (DCDRUSEUCOM), 2006–2007. Commander, U.S. Africa Command (CDRUSAFRICOM), 2007–2011.	5	1971 (ROTC)	35	(1949–       )[42] U.S. Security Coordinator, Israel-Palestinian Authority, 2005.
189	Charles C. Campbell		9 Jan 2007	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2007–2010.	3	1970 (ROTC)	37	(1948–2016)
190	David H. Petraeus		10 Feb 2007	Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (CG MNF-I), 2007–2008. Commander, U.S. Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), 2008–2010. Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRISAF/CDRUSFOR-A), 2010–2011.	4	1974 (USMA)	33	(1952–       ) Director, Central Intelligence Agency, 2011–2012. Son-in-law of Army four-star general William A. Knowlton.
191	Walter L. Sharp		2 Jun 2008	Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/CDRUSFK), 2008–2011.	3	1974 (USMA)	34	(1952–       )
192	Peter W. Chiarelli		4 Aug 2008	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2008–2012.	4	1972 (ROTC)	36	(1950–       )
193	Carter F. Ham		28 Aug 2008	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army (CG USAREUR), 2008–2011. Commander, U.S. Africa Command (CDRUSAFRICOM), 2011–2013.	5	1976 (ROTC)	32	(1952–       )
194	Raymond T. Odierno		16 Sep 2008	Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (CG MNF-I), 2008–2009. Commanding General, U.S. Forces - Iraq (CG USF-I), 2010. Commander, U.S. Joint Forces Command (CDRUSJFCOM), 2010–2011. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 2011–2015.	7	1976 (USMA)	32	(1954–2021)[43]
195	Ann E. Dunwoody		14 Nov 2008	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2008–2012.	4	1975 (direct)	33	(1953–       ) First woman to achieve four-star rank in any service.
196	Martin E. Dempsey		8 Dec 2008	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 2008–2011. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 2011. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 2011–2015.	7	1974 (USMA)	34	(1952–       )
197	Stanley A. McChrystal		15 Jun 2009	Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRISAF/CDRUSFOR-A), 2009–2010.	1	1976 (USMA)	33	(1954–       ) Resigned, 2010.
198	Keith B. Alexander		21 May 2010	Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (CDRUSCYBERCOM/DIRNSA/CCSS), 2010–2014.	4	1974 (USMA)	36	(1952–       ) Director, National Security Agency, 2005–2014.
199	James D. Thurman		3 Jun 2010	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2010–2011. Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/CDRUSFK), 2011–2013.	3	1975 (ROTC)	35	(1953–       )
200	Lloyd J. Austin III		1 Sep 2010	Commanding General, U.S. Forces - Iraq (CG USF-I), 2010–2011. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2012–2013. Commander, U.S. Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), 2013–2016.	6	1975 (USMA)	35	(1953–       ) U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2021–present.
201	Robert W. Cone		29 Apr 2011	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 2011–2014.	3	1979 (USMA)	32	(1957–2016)
202	Charles H. Jacoby Jr.		3 Aug 2011	Commander, U.S. Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (CDRUSNORTHCOM/CDRNORAD), 2011–2014.	3	1978 (USMA)	33	(1954–       ) Chair, Modern War Institute, 2015–2019.
203	David M. Rodriguez		12 Sep 2011	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2011–2013. Commander, U.S. Africa Command (CDRUSAFRICOM), 2013–2016.	5	1976 (USMA)	35	(1954–       )[44]
204	Dennis L. Via		7 Aug 2012	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2012–2016.	4	1980 (ROTC)	32	(1958–       )
205	Frank J. Grass		7 Sep 2012	Chief, National Guard Bureau (CNGB), 2012–2016.	4	1981 (OCS)	31	(1951–       ) Served 12 years in the enlisted ranks before receiving his commission in 1981. First Army National Guard officer to achieve the rank of general.
206	John F. Campbell		8 Mar 2013	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2013–2014. Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRISAF/CDRUSFOR-A), 2014–2015. Commander, Resolute Support Mission/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRRS/CDRUSFOR-A), 2015–2016.	3	1979 (USMA)	34	(1957–       )[45]
207	Daniel B. Allyn		10 May 2013	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2013–2014. Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2014–2017.	4	1981 (USMA)	32	(1959–       )
208	Vincent K. Brooks		2 Jul 2013	Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific (CG USARPAC), 2013–2016. Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK), 2016–2018.	5	1980 (USMA)	33	(1958–       )
209	Curtis M. Scaparrotti		2 Oct 2013	Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK), 2013–2016. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/CDRUSEUCOM), 2016–2019.	6	1978 (USMA)	35	(1956–       )
210	David G. Perkins		14 Mar 2014	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (CG TRADOC), 2014–2015. Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Chancellor, Army University (CG TRADOC/Ch. ArmyU), 2015–2018.	4	1980 (USMA)	34	(1957–       )
211	Mark A. Milley		15 Aug 2014	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2014–2015. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 2015–2019. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), 2019–present.	9	1980 (ROTC)	34	(1958–       )
212	Joseph L. Votel		28 Aug 2014	Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRUSSOCOM), 2014–2016. Commander, U.S. Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), 2016–2019.	5	1980 (USMA)	34	(1958–       )
213	Robert B. Abrams		10 Aug 2015	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2015–2018. Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK), 2018–2021.	6	1982 (USMA)	33	(1960–       ) Son of Army four-star general Creighton Abrams; brother of Army four-star general John N. Abrams.
214	John W. Nicholson Jr.		2 Mar 2016	Commander, Resolute Support Mission/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRRS/CDRUSFOR-A), 2016–2018.	2	1982 (USMA)	34	(1957–       ) Nephew of U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert J. Nicholson.
215	Raymond A. Thomas III		30 Mar 2016	Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRUSSOCOM), 2016–2019.	3	1980 (USMA)	36	(1958–       )
216	Robert B. Brown		30 Apr 2016	Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific (CG USARPAC), 2016–2019.	3	1981 (USMA)	35	(1959–       )
217	Gustave F. Perna		30 Sep 2016	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2016–2020. Chief Operating Officer, Operation Warp Speed (COO OWS), 2020–2021. Chief Operating Officer, COVID-19 Response for Vaccine and Therapeutics (COO COVID-19 Response), 2021.	5	1981 (VFMAC)	35	(1960–       )
218	James C. McConville		16 Jun 2017	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2017–2019. Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (CSA), 2019–present.	6	1981 (USMA)	36	(1959–       )
219	Stephen J. Townsend		2 Mar 2018	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Chancellor, Army University (CG TRADOC/Ch. ArmyU), 2018–2019. Commander, U.S. Africa Command (CDRUSAFRICOM), 2019–2022.	4	1982 (NGCSU)	36	(1959–       )
220	Paul M. Nakasone		4 May 2018	Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service (CDRUSCYBERCOM/DIRNSA/CCSS), 2018–present.	5	1986 (ROTC)	32	(1963–       )
221	Stephen R. Lyons		24 Aug 2018	Commander, U.S. Transportation Command (CDRUSTRANSCOM), 2018–2021.	3	1983 (ROTC)	35	(c. 1962–       )
222	John M. Murray		24 Aug 2018	Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command (CG AFC), 2018–2021.	3	1982 (ROTC)	36	(c. 1960–       )
223	Austin S. Miller		2 Sep 2018	Commander, Resolute Support Mission/Commander, U.S. Forces - Afghanistan (CDRRS/CDRUSFOR-A), 2018–2021.	3	1983 (USMA)	35	(1961–       )
224	Michael X. Garrett		21 Mar 2019	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2019–2022.	3	1984 (ROTC)	35	(1961–       )
225	Richard D. Clarke Jr.		29 Mar 2019	Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRUSSOCOM), 2019–2022.	3	1984 (USMA)	35	(1962–       )
226	Paul E. Funk II		21 Jun 2019	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Chancellor, Army University (CG TRADOC/Ch. ArmyU), 2019–2022.	3	1984 (ROTC)	35	(1962–       ) Son and son-in-law of Army lieutenant generals Paul E. Funk and John J. Yeosock.
227	Joseph M. Martin		26 Jul 2019	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2019–2022.	3	1986 (USMA)	33	(1962–       )
228	Paul J. LaCamera		18 Nov 2019	Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific (CG USARPAC), 2019–2021. Commander, United Nations Command/Commander, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command/Commander, U.S. Forces Korea (CDRUNC/CDRCFC/COMUSFK), 2021–present.	4	1985 (USMA)	34	(1963–       )[46]
229	Edward M. Daly		2 Jul 2020	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2020–2023.	3	1987 (USMA)	33	(1965–       )
230	Daniel R. Hokanson		3 Aug 2020	Chief, National Guard Bureau (CNGB), 2020–present.	3	1986 (USMA)	34	(1963–       )
231	James H. Dickinson		20 Aug 2020	Commander, U.S. Space Command (CDRUSSPACECOM), 2020–present.	3	1985 (ROTC)	35	(c. 1962–       )
232	Christopher G. Cavoli		1 Oct 2020	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Africa (CG USAREUR-AF), 2020–2022. Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/CDRUSEUCOM), 2022–present.	3	1987 (ROTC)	33	(c. 1965–       )
233	Charles A. Flynn		4 Jun 2021	Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific (CG USARPAC), 2021–present.	2	1985 (ROTC)	36	(c. 1963–       ) Brother of former National Security Advisor, Michael T. Flynn.
234	Laura J. Richardson		29 Oct 2021[47]	Commander, U.S. Southern Command (CDRUSSOUTHCOM), 2021–present.	2	1986 (ROTC)	35	(1963–       ) First female U.S. Army officer to lead a combatant command.
235	Michael E. Kurilla		1 Apr 2022	Commander, U.S. Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM), 2022–present.	1	1988 (USMA)	34	(1966–       )
236	Darryl A. Williams		27 Jun 2022	Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Africa (CG USAREUR-AF), 2022. Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Africa/Commander, Allied Land Command (CG USAREUR-AF/CDRLANDCOM), 2022–present.	1	1983 (USMA)	39	(1961–       ) Superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 2018–2022.
237	Andrew P. Poppas		8 Jul 2022	Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command (CG FORSCOM), 2022–present.	1	1988 (USMA)	34	(c. 1966–       )
238	Randy A. George		5 Aug 2022	Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army (VCSA), 2022–present.	1	1988 (USMA)	34	(1964–       )
239	Bryan P. Fenton		30 Aug 2022	Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (CDRUSSOCOM), 2022–present.	1	1987 (ROTC)	35	(1965–       )
240	Gary M. Brito		8 Sep 2022	Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command/Chancellor, Army University (CG TRADOC/Ch. ArmyU), 2022–present.	1	1987 (ROTC)	35	(1964–       )
241	James E. Rainey		4 Oct 2022	Commanding General, U.S. Army Futures Command (CG AFC), 2022–present.	1	1987 (ROTC)	35	(c. 1964–       )
242	Charles R. Hamilton		16 Mar 2023	Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command (CG AMC), 2023–present.	0	1988 (OCS)	35	(c. 1967–       )

History

Four-star positions

1775–1799

In 1775, George Washington was appointed "General and Commander in Chief of the United Colonies" and all its forces. Although Washington ranked as a full general in the Continental Army, he resigned his commission prior to the establishment of the U.S. Army in 1784 and he is therefore considered never to have held the U.S. Army rank of general.^[48] In 1798, Washington was commissioned lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and appointed Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States. The following year, Congress created the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, but Washington died before accepting it and the rank lapsed until 1866.^[49] Washington was finally promoted to General of the Armies in 1976.

1866–1941

The rank flag of General of the Armies John J. Pershing, presented to him in 1922.

The grade of General of the Armies of the United States was revived in 1866, under the name "General of the Army of the United States" to honor the Civil War achievements of Ulysses S. Grant, the commanding general of the U.S. Army (CGUSA).^[50] When Grant resigned his commission to become President in 1869, William T. Sherman was promoted to fill the vacant grade. Congress specified in 1870 that the rank would expire upon Sherman's retirement, but made an exception in 1888 to promote an ailing Philip H. Sheridan. This title is not to be confused with the later five-star rank of General of the Army.^[51]

In 1917, the rank of general was recreated in the National Army, a temporary force of conscripts and volunteers authorized for the duration of the World War I emergency. To give American commanders parity of rank with their Allied counterparts, Congress allowed the President to appoint two emergency generals in the National Army, specified to be the chief of staff of the Army (CSA), Tasker H. Bliss and later Peyton C. March; and the commander of United States forces in France, John J. Pershing.^[52] When March replaced Bliss as chief of staff, Bliss was continued in four-star rank by brevet as the U.S. military representative to the Supreme War Council.^[53] In contrast to the previous grade of general held by Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, which was a permanent promotion, this new rank was a temporary appointment that was lost when the officer vacated the position bearing that rank, and while Pershing was ultimately advanced to General of the Armies in 1919, March and Bliss reverted to their permanent grades of major general in the Regular Army when the National Army disbanded in 1920.^[54]

In 1929, the temporary rank of general in the Regular Army was reauthorized for the office of chief of staff, whose occupant reverted to major general at the end of his term but was allowed to retire as a full general. When the draft force was reconstituted for World War II as the Army of the United States in 1941, the President was authorized to appoint as many temporary generals in that organization as he deemed necessary. As with the National Army emergency generals, these appointments expired after the end of the war, although postwar legislation allowed officers to retire in their highest active-duty rank.^[55]

1941–1991

Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody is promoted to general by Chief of Staff of the Army General George W. Casey (left) and her husband Craig Brotchie on November 14, 2008.

The modern rank of general was established by the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which authorized the President to designate certain positions of importance to carry that rank. Officers appointed to such positions bear temporary four-star rank while so serving, and are allowed to retire at that rank if their performance is judged satisfactory.^[56] The total number of active-duty four-star generals in the Army is limited to a fixed percentage of the number of Army general officers serving at all ranks.^[57]

Within the Army, the chief of staff (CSA) and vice chief of staff (VCSA) are four-star generals by statute. Since World War II, the commanders of the Army formations in Europe (USAREUR) and East Asia (FECOM/USFK) have been designated four-star generals by reason of importance. Other designated four-star Army commands have included the various training, readiness, and materiel organizations.

The Army also competes with the other services for a number of joint four-star positions, the most prestigious of which are the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the NATO supreme allied commander in Europe (SACEUR).^[58] Other joint four-star positions have included unified combatant commanders; certain NATO staff positions; and the wartime theater commanders in Vietnam (MACV), Iraq (MNF-I), and Afghanistan (ISAF/RS).

1991–present