Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
| Lucius D. Clay Jr. | |
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General Lucius DuBignon Clay Jr.
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| Born |
July 6, 1919 Alexandria, Virginia |
| Died | February 7, 1994 (aged 74) Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1942–1975 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands held | North American Air Defense Command Continental Air Defense Command Aerospace Defense Command Pacific Air Forces Twelfth Air Force Seventh Air Force |
| Battles/wars | World War II Vietnam War |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star Air Medal (11) Purple Heart |
| Relations | Senator Alexander Stephens Clay (grandfather) General Lucius D. Clay (father) and Major General Frank Butner Clay (brother) |
General Lucius DuBignon Clay Jr. (July 6, 1919 – February 7, 1994) was an American military leader who held the positions of commander-in-chief of the North American Air Defense Command, the Continental Air Defense Command, the United States element of NORAD, and was also a commander of the United States Air Force's Aerospace Defense Command (ADC). His father, Lucius D. Clay, Sr. and his brother, Frank Butner Clay, were also both generals, and his grandfather was Senator Alexander Stephens Clay of Georgia.
Clay was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1919, the son of then-2nd Lieutenant (later General) Lucius D. Clay, Sr., U.S. Army. He graduated from Western High School, Washington, D.C., in 1937, and from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1942. He then entered flight training and received his pilot wings at Lubbock Field, Texas, in December 1942. He next attended B-26 Marauder transition school at Fort Worth and Del Rio, Texas, where he later became an instructor.
In June 1943 General Clay went to MacDill Field, Florida and assumed command of the 616th Bombardment Squadron, and two months later joined the 495th Bombardment Squadron as assistant operations officer. He moved with the squadron to Drane Field, an auxiliary airfield of MacDill in Lakeland, Florida, then to Hunter Field, in Savannah, Georgia, and finally then to the European Theater of Operations.
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