View a eulogy for Townsend Allen Van Fleet, USMA '58, who passed away on October 17, 2022.
Townsend Allen Van Fleet
West Point, 1958
Be Thou At Peace
Posted by kr - FoRV on December 4, 2022:
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Below is a re-print of COL Van Fleet's biographic entry in the USMA REGISTER of Graduates and Former Cadets: ***************************************** 22168 Townsend Allen Van Fleet Born - California Appointment to the USMA - Congressional from California Artillery Branch Field Artillery Battalions, 25th Infantry Division (Schofield Barracks, HI) 1959 - 1962. Artillery & Missile School, Fort Sill, OK 1963 (Staff & Faculty, 1963 - 1964). Tactical Officer (AOC), U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 1964 - 1967. Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS 1968. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) 1968 - 1969. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research & Development, Pentagon, 1969 - 1973. Commanding Officer, 708th Maintenance Battalion, 8th Infantry Division (Smith Barracks, Baumholder, West Germany), USAREUR, 1973. Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 8th Infantry Division (Baumholder, West Germany), USAREUR, 1973 - 1975. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, 1976. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development & Acquisition, Pentagon, 1976 - 1981. Retired, Colonel, 1981. |
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