Richard Horner Thompson

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Richard Horner Thompson
Army Distinguished Service Medal (2)
Legion of Merit (3)
Bronze Star Medal
Spouse(s)
Patricia Thompson
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(date missing)​

Richard Horner Thompson (September 24, 1926 – February 21, 2016) was a United States Army general.[1]

Early life

Thompson was born on September 24, 1926, in New York City, New York and died on February 21, 2016, in Fairfax, Virginia.

Military career

Thompson entered in the

Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. In the two years he was stationed there, Thompson attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science from the College of the Ozarks (now the University of the Ozarks).[2]

From September 1959 to May 1960, Thompson attended the Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course at

Fort Lee
in April 1965 and completed the Army Supply Management Course.

Thompson then attended the

Armed Forces Staff College. From there he was reassigned to Frankfurt, Germany, in October 1966, where he commanded the 503d Supply and Transport Battalion, 3rd Armored Division. He remained in Germany until August 1967 when he returned to Washington to attend the National War College
. He was then assigned as a logistics systems officer with the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and then as Chief of the Tactical Support Systems Group.

In April 1970, Thompson served as Commander of the United States Army Inventory Control Center in South Vietnam. Returning from overseas, he was assigned as Commander of the Defense Logistics Service Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, until July 1973. From September 1972 to February 1973, he also served as Commander of the Defense Property Disposal Service, which he established and activated. In July 1973, he was reassigned to HQDA as Director of Logistics Plans, Operations and Systems, DCSLOG. In 1975, he became the Director of Supply and Maintenance, DCSLOG.

In July 1977, Thompson became the first Commander of the United States Army Troop Support and Aviation Materiel Readiness Command, an organization formed by the merger of two Army Materiel Command major subordinate commands—the Aviation Systems Command and the Troop Support Command.

In August 1980, Thompson was reassigned to HQDA as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. One year later, Thompson was promoted to lieutenant general and became the Army DCSLOG. On 29 June 1984, Thompson received his fourth star and began his assignment as Commander of the United States Army Materiel Command, a position he held until his retirement in April 1987.

Awards and decorations awarded to Thompson include the

Order of Military Merit, the Korean Order of National Security Merit Tong-II Medal, and the Brazilian Grand Commander of the Order of Military Merit.[3]

References

  1. ^ "General RICHARD HORNER THOMPSON". Washington Post. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ "General Richard H. Thompson". Army Executive Biographies. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ Farrow, Raymon L (ed.). "Commander's Guidance Statement on Corrosion Prevention and Control" (PDF). US Army ManTechJournal Vol 10, No 4, 1985. Watertown Massachusetts: Materials Technology Laboratory, United States Army. p. 5. Archived from the original on April 8, 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012. General Richard H Thomson...service medals including the Brazilian Grand Master (sic) Order of Military Merit

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