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Charles Smith (1940- )
Charles Smith, a visual artist, historian, activist, and minister, was born on November 11, 1940, to Bertha Mary Smith and...
August 5th, 2024

Dan Bullock (1953-1969)
Dan Bullock was the youngest member of the United States Armed Services to die in the Vietnam War. Bullock, a...
August 3rd, 2019

Robert Earl Gray (1941-2011)
Lieutenant General Robert Earl Gray was the first African American to become the Commanding General of the United States Army Signal Corps...
March 5th, 2018

Daniel James III (1945-2017)
Lieutenant General Daniel James III became the first African American to be named Director of the Air National Guard upon...
January 31st, 2018

Joe Nathan Ballard (1942- )
U.S. Army Officer Joe Nathan Ballard was born on March 27, 1942, in Meeker, Louisiana. He grew up in Oakdale, Louisiana and later...
January 28th, 2018

Lloyd Warren Newton (1942- )
Four-star general and precision flier Lloyd W. Newton was born December 24, 1942, in Ridgeland, South Carolina, the fourth of...
September 17th, 2017

Matthew Augustus Zimmerman Jr. (1941– )
Chaplain (Major General) Matthew Augustus Zimmerman Jr. is a retired American Army officer who served as the 18th Chief of...
August 31st, 2016

Kenton Wesley Keith (1939- )
On May 26, 1992, career diplomat Kenton Wesley Keith was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to serve as U.S....
June 12th, 2015

James D. McGee (1949- )
Ambassador James David McGee, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service in the class of Minister Counselor, spent the...
June 3rd, 2015