Lt. General (Retired) Robert E. Gray
18 October 1941 - 23 November 2011 |
In May of 1966, upon his graduation from the Officer Candidate School at Fort Gordon, Georgia, General Gray was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He is a graduate of the Signal Officer Advance Course, the Command and General Staff College, the United States Army War College, the Joint War Fighting Course for General Officers and a Senior Fellow at the Joint Forces Staff College.
His most significant career assignments have been: Signal Officer, 56th Field Artillery Group (Pershing); Commander, Company C, 97th Signal Battalion; Commander, Company A, 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Plans and Operations Officer, Directorate of Security, Defense Intelligence Agency; Executive Officer, 50th Signal Battalion (Airborne Corps); Chief, Readiness Command Plans Branch, G-3, XVIII Airborne Corps; Commander, 82nd Signal Battalion, 82 Airborne Division; Chief, C2 Division, United States Army Combined Arms Combat Development Activity, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; |
Commander, 35th Signal Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Special Assistant to the Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Deputy Commanding General / Deputy Commandant, United States Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Deputy Director for Plans, Programs and Systems, Office of the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC; Commanding General, United States Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon and simultaneously Chief of Signal, United States Army Signal Center and United States Army; Chief of Staff, United States Army, Europe, and Seventh Army. He was appointed as the Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Army, Europe and Seventh Army, and promoted to Lieutenant General in May 1995.
General Gray's awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (2nd OLC), Legion of Merit (2nd OLC), Bronze Star, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (3rd OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2nd OLC), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2nd OLC), Vietnam Service Medal (4th OLC), several foreign awards, Army Staff Badge and the Master Parachute Badge.
General Gray retired as Deputy Commander In Chief, U.S. Army, Europe and Seventh Army on 1 August, 1997. At the time of his death General Gray was serving as President and CEO of Gray Consultants, Inc. He is survived by his wife, Annie, three children, seven grandchildren, his mother, two sisters, one brother and a host of relatives and friends. |
African-American Trailblazers of Augusta Exhibition 
The 6th Annual Heritage Gala 
