Alumni General and Flag Officers
VMI Class |
Name |
Rank |
Branch |
1899 |
Staton, Adolphus |
RADM |
USN |
1902 |
Upshur, William P |
MajGen |
USMC |
1906 |
James, Jules |
VADM |
USN |
1908 |
Byrd Jr, Richard E. |
RADM |
USN |
1909 |
King Jr, Ogden D. |
RADM |
USN |
1909 |
Read, Oliver M. |
VADM |
USN |
1912 |
Harrill, William K. |
VADM |
USN |
1912 |
Howard, Samuel L. |
MajGen |
USMC |
1913 |
Kingman, Matthew H. |
BGen |
USMC |
1914 |
Clement, William T. |
LtGen |
USMC |
1915 |
Griffin, Raphael |
BGen |
USMC |
1915 |
Tobin, Robert G. |
RADM |
USN |
1916 |
Hartt Jr, William H. |
RADM |
USN |
1917 |
Cumming, Samuel C. |
BGen |
USMC |
1917 |
Shepherd, Lemuel C. |
Gen |
USMC - 20th Commandant of Marine Corps (1952-55) |
1918 |
Cruzen, Richard H. |
VADM |
USN |
1921 |
Davis, James K. |
RADM |
USN |
1921 |
Pate, Randolph Mc. |
Gen |
USMC - 21st Commandant of Marine Corps (1956-59) |
1921 |
Puller, Lewis B. |
LtGen |
USMC |
1923 |
Chappell, Clarence J. |
BGen |
USMC |
1923 |
Franklin Jr, Albert G. |
BGen |
USMC |
1923 |
Phelan, George R. |
ADM |
USN |
1924 |
Ferguson, Edwin C. |
BGen |
USMC |
1924 |
Hart, John N. |
MajGen |
USMC |
1924 |
Letcher, John S. |
BGen |
USMC |
1924 |
Marshall, St. Julien R. |
BGen |
USMC |
1925 |
Freeman, Calvin R. |
BGen |
USMC |
1929 |
Seay, George C. |
RADM |
USN |
1931 |
Shell, George R. E. |
BGen |
USMC |
1934 |
Yon, Joseph L. |
RADM |
USN |
1935 |
Burton Jr, Custis |
BGen |
USMC |
1935 |
Riley, Thomas F. |
BGen |
USMC |
1936 |
Banks, Charles L. |
BGen |
USMC |
1945 |
Grojean, Charles |
RADM |
USN |
1946 |
Ashley, Maurice C. |
BGen |
USMC |
1948-B | Josephson, John V | RADM | USN |
1950-B |
Ward, Tom |
RADM |
USN |
1954 |
Gary III, John H. |
BGen |
USMC |
1959 |
Breth, Frank J. |
BGen |
USMC |
1960 |
Seely, James W. |
RADM |
USN |
1965 |
Amos, Granville R. |
BGen |
USMC |
1978 |
McKnight, Terence E. |
RADM |
USN |
1979 |
Smith, Charles E. |
RADM |
USN |
1980 |
Brown, William A. |
VADM |
USN |
1981 |
Brier, Paul W. |
BGen |
USMC |
1985 | Carter, Matthew J | RADM | USN |
*Graduates Class of 1978 and on completed four years of NROTC training at VMI |