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MG (Ret) Charles C. Cannon, Jr.
Major General Charlie Cannon entered the Army upon completion of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at the University of Texas at Arlington as a Distinguished Military Graduate. He was commissioned as a Regular Army Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Detailed Infantry on 31 August 1967. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master of Science. His military education includes completion of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the Advance Operation Studies Fellowship. Major General Cannon has served in five divisions and his overseas assignments include Vietnam, Hawaii, Korea, and three tours in Germany.
His initial assignment was as an Infantry Officer with the 3d Battalion, 10th Infantry, 5th Division (Mechanized). In 1968, he was assigned to 2d Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam serving as a company commander, then as the logistics staff officer. After attending the Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, he commanded the 143d Supply and Service Company, organized and ran the Basic Leadership Course, and was a staff officer for the 19th Support Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington. From 1972-1975 he served as a logistics planner in Headquarter, U.S. Army Pacific, and Assistant G-4 (Logistics), 25th Infantry Division. After attendance at Command and General Staff College and Florida Institute of Technology, he was the Executive Officer for the Petroleum Distribution System – Korea. He was then assigned to Headquarters, Department of the Army, as a logistics Chief of Staff for Logistics.
In 1982, he was assigned to the First Cavalry Division serving as Division Support Command Executive Officer and Commander of the 15th Supply and Transport Battalion. From 1985-1987, he was an Advance Operational Fellow at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. For the next four years, Major General Cannon served in Germany, first as the Director for Bulk Fuels, 200th Theater Army Material Management Center, and later as the Commander of the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Support Command. In July 1991, he became chief of the Logistics Planning Division on the Joint Staff. In July 1992 he was promoted to Brigadier General and assumed command of the 3d Corps Support Command in Wiesbaden, Germany. In June 1994, he was assigned as the Vice Director for Logistics, The Joint Staff, and was promoted to Major General in November 1995.
Major General Cannon’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star Medal with “V” device and three oak leaf clusters, the Purple Heart, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with “V” device and five oak leaf clusters and the Army Achievement Medal. He also wears the Combat Infantry badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and the Joint Staff Identification Badge. Major General Cannon and his wife, Karen have two children, Dianne and Curtis.