George W. Casey Sr.
| George William Casey Sr. | |
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| Born |
March 9, 1922 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | July 7, 1970 (aged 48) Near Da Lat, South Vietnam |
| Buried | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/ |
 United States Army
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| Rank |
Major General
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| Unit | 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) |
| Commands held |
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| Battles/wars |
World War II Korean War Vietnam War |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star (3) Legion of Merit (2) Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star with "V" Device Purple Heart (2) Air Medal (8) |
| Relations | General George W. Casey Jr. (son) |
George William Casey Sr. (March 9, 1922 – July 7, 1970) was a United States Army major general who was killed in a helicopter crash in July 1970, in South Vietnam. General Casey, who had served in World War II and the Korean War, was in command of the US 1st Cavalry Division at the time of his death.
His son George W. Casey Jr. served as the 36th Chief of Staff of the United States Army from April 2007 to April 2011.
Casey was born into an Irish-American family in Boston, Massachusetts on March 9, 1922. He attended Harvard College for a year before transferring to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1945. He earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Georgetown University in 1958 and a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University in 1965. He went on to conduct postgraduate study at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
He served in Japan, Virginia and Kentucky at the end of World War II and in the late 1940s. His post-war assignments included aide-de-camp to General Lyman L. Lemnitzer.
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