1. Thomas Pinckney (1750)

United States General

American politician who represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as Governor of South Carolina from 1787 to 1789. He also served as U.S. Minister to...

2. Courtney Hodges (1887)

United States General

U.S. Army general who took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.

3. Hoyt Vandenberg (1899)

United States General

Air Force Chief of Staff during the Cold War era who was instrumental in the formation of a Strategic Air Command.

4. George Decker (1902)

United States General

U.S. Army Chief of Staff from 1960 to 1962 who also provided home front services during World War II.

5. Curtis LeMay (1906)

United States General

Air Force General who readied the American Strategic Air Command to carry out nuclear attacks at a moment's notice.

6. Fred Ascani (1917)

United States General

Air Force test pilot who set an airspeed record in 1951 and paved the way for supersonic bombers.

7. James McDivitt (1929)

United States General

Former NASA astronaut who commanded Gemini 4, the mission on which the first spacewalk was conducted.

8. William Anders (1933)

United States General

Apollo 8 pilot who was among the first people to travel from Earth to the Moon.

9. Martin Dempsey (1952)

United States General

Four-star general who was tapped by President Barack Obama to be the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military post, in 2011.

10. James H. Polk (1911)

United States General

James Hilliard Polk was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief United States Army Europe from 1967 to 1971. He was one of the last...

11. Sanford K. Moats (1921)

United States General

Lieutenant General Sanford Kenneth Moats is an American Air Force lieutenant general and fighter ace. He was vice commander of the Tactical Air Command with headquarters at Langley Air Force...

12. Charles C. Pattillo (1924)

United States General

Charles Curtis Buck Pattillo is a retired American Air Force lieutenant general who was deputy commander in chief U. S. Readiness Command and vice director of the Joint Deployment Agency...

13. Vincent K. Brooks (1958)

United States General

Vincent Keith Brooks is a United States Army general who is the current commanding general of the U. S. Army Pacific. He previously served as commanding general of the Third...

14. Tod Bunting (1958)

United States General

Major General Tod M. Bunting is a retired Adjutant General of Kansas; he was appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius and confirmed by the Kansas Senate on February 11 2004. Bunting...

15. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Jr. (1928)

United States General

Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg Jr. is a retired Major General in the United States Air Force.

16. Dana K. Chipman (1958)

United States General

Lieutenant General Dana Kyle Chipman USA is an American military lawyer who is served from 2009 to 2013 as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. LTG Chipman...

17. Joseph Votel (1958)

United States General

Joseph L. Votel is a lieutenant general in the United States Army and the former Special Operations Command Chief of Staff. In June 2011 Votel succeeded Admiral William McRaven as...

18. Frank Drew (1930)

United States General

Brigadier General Frank Morehead Drew was vice commander U. S. Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center TAC Nellis Air Force Base Nevada He retired on July 1 1979.

19. Orlando Llenza (Unknow)

United States General

Major General Orlando Llenza is the second Puerto Rican to reach the rank of Major General in the United States Air Force. Llenza served as commander of the Puerto Rico...

20. James L. Dozier (1931)

United States General

James Lee Dozier is a retired United States Army officer. In December 1981 he was kidnapped by the leftist Italian Red Brigades Marxist terrorist group. He was rescued by NOCS...

21. Enrique Méndez, Jr. (1931)

United States General

Major General Enrique Méndez Jr. was a United States Army officer who was also the first Puerto Rican to hold the positions of Army Deputy Surgeon General Commander of...

22. James J. Lindsay (1932)

United States General

General James Joseph Lindsay is a retired United States Army four-star general and served as the first commander of the United States Special Operations Command.

23. William Orlando Butler (1791)

United States General

Orlando Butler was a U. S. political figure and U. S. Army major general from Kentucky. He served as a Democratic congressman from Kentucky from 1839 to 1843 and was...

24. Wade Hampton I (Unknow)

United States General

Hampton was a South Carolina soldier politician two-term U. S. Congressman and wealthy plantation owner. He was the scion of the politically important Hampton family which was influential in state...

25. George Izard (1776)

United States General

George Izard was a General in the United States Army during the War of 1812 and the second Governor of Arkansas Territory.

26. Jean Baptiste Plauché (1785)

United States General

Jean Baptiste Plauché was a Louisiana soldier and politician. He was Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1850 - 1853. In the Battle of New Orleans Major Plauché headed the New...

27. Charles Duke (1935)

United States General

Charles Moss Charlie Duke Jr. is a retired US Air Force brigadier general and a former United States astronaut for NASA.

28. Ira C. Owens (Unknow)

United States General

Ira C. Owens was an officer in the United States Army. Owens was born on July 31 1936 in Cortez Colorado. In the early 1990s Owens then a Lieutenant General...

29. Hansford T. Johnson (1936)

United States General

Hansford Tillman Johnson is a retired four-star general in the U. S. Air Force who served as the Acting United States Secretary of the Navy overseeing the United States Navy...

30. Robert W. RisCassi (1936)

United States General

Robert William RisCassi is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1989 to 1990; Commander in Chief...

31. Rosetta Burke (1937)

United States General

Rosetta Y. Burke was the first female Assistant Adjutant General of New York State and of the Army National Guard.

32. John P. Kirk (1867)

United States General

John Patrick Kirk was a Michigan politician in the early 1900s. He was born on September 20 1867 the son of Bernard Kirk and Ann Kirk immigrants from Ireland. He...

33. Ruben A. Cubero (1939)

United States General

Brigadier General Ruben A. Cubero was a highly decorated member of the United States Air Force who became the first Hispanic graduate of the United States Air Force Academy to...

34. Bruce M. Lawlor (1948)

United States General

Major General Bruce M. Lawlor is a retired United States Army officer. He is prominent as the first commander of Joint Task Force-Civil Support. In addition he was one of...

35. Richard Myers (1942)

United States General

Richard Bowman Myers is a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force and served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman Myers was...

36. Richard Stephen Ritchie (1942)

United States General

Brigadier General Richard Stephen Steve Ritchie was an officer in the United States Air Force and the Colorado Air National Guard and a general officer in the Air Force Reserve....

37. Eugene L. Tattini (1943)

United States General

Eugene L. Tattini is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and serves as Deputy Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

38. W. Wirt Courtney (1889)

United States General

Courtney was an American politician and a U. S. Representative from Tennessee.

39. Robert H. Scales (1944)

United States General

Robert H. Scales Jr. is a retired U. S. Army major general and former commandant of the U. S. Army War College. He now works as a military analyst news...

40. Gregory L. Wayt (1953)

United States General

Major General Gregory L. Wayt served as Adjutant General under Governors Bob Taft and Ted Strickland. Major General Wayt retired from the military on December 31 2010 after 35 years...

41. James D. Thurman (1953)

United States General

James David Thurman is a retired United States Army general who served as the Commander of United Nations Command R. O. K. -U. S. Combined Forces Command and U. S....

42. Hal M. Hornburg (1945)

United States General

General Hal M. Hornburg was a four star U. S. Air Force general and commander Air Combat Command with headquarters at Langley Air Force Base Virginia and Air Component Commander...

43. William Miranda Marín (1940)

United States General

Miranda Marín was the mayor of Caguas Puerto Rico from 1997 until his death in 2010.

44. John A. Gordon (1946)

United States General

General John Alexander Gordon was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004. Gordon entered the Air Force through...

45. Douglas M. Fraser (1953)

United States General

Douglas Malcolm Fraser is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the Commander United States Southern Command. He was the first U. S. Air Force officer to...

46. H. Marshal Ward (1946)

United States General

H. Marshal Ward was a Major General in the U. S. Air Force. His last post was to serve as Director of special programs for Office of Undersecretary of Defense....

47. Robert L. Caslen (1953)

United States General

Lieutenant General Robert L. Caslen Jr. is a United States Army officer and has served as the 59th superintendent of West Point since July 17 2013. He served as...

48. Janis Karpinski (1953)

United States General

Janis Leigh Karpinski is a career officer in the US Army Reserve now retired. She is notable for having commanded the forces that operated Abu Ghraib and other prisons in...

49. William O'Dwyer (1890)

United States General

O'Dwyer was the 100th Mayor of New York City holding that office from 1946 to 1950.

50. Lester Lyles (1946)

United States General

General Lester L. Lyles is a former United States Air Force general Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and Commander Air Force Materiel Command Wright-Patterson Air...