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Edward Honor
American Army general From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edward Honor Sr. (17 March 1933 – 3 September 2008)[1] was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as Director of Logistics (J4) on the Joint Staff from 1987 to 1989.[2] Promoted to brigadier general in 1979, he was the first African-American general officer in the Army Transportation Corps.[3][4]
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Early life and education
Born in Melville, Louisiana, Honor attended Southern University and A&M College where he joined Alpha Phi Alpha[2] and Army ROTC. He earned a B.A. degree in education in 1954.[5][6]
Military career
During the Vietnam War, Honor assumed command of the 36th Transportation Battalion in July 1969[4] and the 24th Transportation Battalion in December 1969, both of which were part of the 124th Transportation Command at Cam Ranh Bay.[7] He later commanded the 37th Transportation Group in Germany,[3] Military Traffic Management Command at Transportation Terminal Group-Europe in Rotterdam[5] from 1983 to 1984 and then all of Military Traffic Management Command from 1986 to 1987.[3]
Honor was a co-founder of the African-American military officer mentoring group The Rocks in 1974.[2] He was promoted to major general in 1984 and lieutenant general in 1987.[3]
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Later career
After his retirement from active duty in 1989, Honor served as president of the National Defense Transportation Association until 2002.[2]
Personal
Honor was the son of Louis and Doretha "Retha" (Jackson) Honor.[2][8]
Honor married Phyllis Virginia Whitehurst[5] (born 24 June 1945) on 13 August 1978 in Alexandria, Virginia. His second marriage to Harlean Redell Copeland[9] (born 27 August 1936) had ended in divorce in July 1968,[8] and his second wife had remarried in April 1974.[10] Honor had a son Edward Jr., daughter Beverly Ann, and three grandchildren from his three marriages.[2]
After his death, Honor was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on 1 December 2008.[1]
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