Robert T. Marsh
Robert T. Marsh | |
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Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Robert Thomas Marsh (January 3, 1925 – December 28, 2017) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander, Air Force Systems Command (COMAFSC) from 1981 to 1984.
Military career
Born in 1925, in
As an enlisted man in the Army Air Forces for almost two years, he completed both aircraft mechanic and aerial gunnery training on
From September 1954 to June 1956, Marsh attended the University of Michigan under the
Following Air Command and Staff College in July 1960, Marsh was assigned to the Ballistic Missile Division,
He was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., in July 1965 in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development, as a staff officer in the Directorate of Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare. He later became chief of the Projects Division in the Directorate of Space. He completed his tour of duty at the Pentagon as executive officer for the deputy chief of staff for research and development.
In September 1969 Marsh returned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as deputy for reconnaissance, strike and electronics warfare. In June 1973 he received his first assignment to Air Force Systems Command headquarters as deputy chief of staff for development plans. He became deputy chief of staff for systems in October 1973 and was appointed vice commander in August 1975.
He was commander of the
His military decorations and awards include the
Death
Marsh died on December 28, 2017, in Potomac Falls, Virginia. He was 92. He was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.[2][3]
References
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