Frederick Woerner

Frederick F. Woerner, Jr.
General Frederick F. Woerner, Jr.
Born	(1933-08-12) August 12, 1933 (age 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1955-1989
Rank	General
Commands held	U.S. Southern Command U.S. Sixth Army 193rd Infantry Brigade 3rd Basic Combat Brigade 1st Battalion of the 6th Infantry in the 23rd Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	United States and Foreign Military Awards and Decorations are noted below
Other work	Professor, Boston University Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission

Frederick F. Woerner, Jr. is a retired four-star general of the United States Army, former Commander of United States Southern Command, former Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission, and Professor Emeritus of Boston University.

He was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1989. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York and was commissioned second lieutenant in Infantry. He qualified as a parachutist and as a Ranger.

He pursued a military career divided between traditional infantry assignments and duties associated with Latin America. He commanded infantry units at platoon, company, battalion, and brigade levels and served on staffs at every echelon up through the U.S. Army General Staff.

He spent a year in study and travel in the northern countries of South America. He advised the Guatemalan government on the use of military forces in socio-economic development, attended the Uruguayan Military Institute of Superior Studies, served as director of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College. He served as the commanding general of the United States Sixth Army from 1986 through 1987, responsible for the readiness for mobilization of all Army National Guard forces and U.S. Army Reserve units in the twelve western states. His final position was as commander of U.S. Army Southern Command from 1987 through 1989, responsible for mission performance, training, and welfare of all Department of the Army personnel in Central America, Panama, and South America. In that position he was the senior U.S. military officer responsible for strategy development and military policy execution in support of U.S. national objectives in Central America, Panama, and South America. He provided leadership to an organization consisting of over 30,000 military and civilian employees, located in 17 countries, and provided for the well being of the employees and their 40,000 family members. He retired as a four-star general.