William Westmoreland

William Childs Westmoreland (March 26, 1914 – July 18, 2005) was a U.S. Army General who commanded American military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968 and who served as US Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972.

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In 1947, he married Katherine (Kitsy) S. Van Deusen. They had four children: Katherine, Margaret, Julie and James Ripley. He died on July 18, 2005 at the age of 91 at the Bishop Gadsden retirement home in Charleston, South Carolina.

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July 18 - 2005 - Charleston, South Carolina

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On July 23, 2005, he was buried at United States Military Academy at West Point.

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2005 - West Point

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