George William Casey, Sr. (March 9, 1922 – July 7, 1970) was a United States Army Major General, who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division (United States), in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
His son George William Casey, Jr. is currently the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
George William Casey was born on March 9, 1922. He enrolled at Harvard College in Cambridge, MA in the Class of 1945 and attended Harvard for a year before transfe...
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George William Casey, Sr. (March 9, 1922 – July 7, 1970) was a United States Army Major General, who commanded the 1st Cavalry Division (United States), in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
His son George William Casey, Jr. is currently the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
George William Casey was born on March 9, 1922. He enrolled at Harvard College in Cambridge, MA in the Class of 1945 and attended Harvard for a year before transferring to the United States Military Academy (West Point). He graduated from the West Point in 1945. In 1958, he earned a master’s degree from Georgetown University in International Relations; and in 1965, he earned a second a master’s degree in business administration at George Washington University. In 1965, he studied at at the Center for International Affairs of Harvard University.
He served at the end of World War II. He also served in combat during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
On July 7, 1970, he was killed in a helicopter crash in...
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