US Army General. A highly distinguished combat veteran officer of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, he rose in rank to become the Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command in Korea, and Commanding General, 8th US Army. Born in Buffalo, New York, he briefly attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island before he was accepted to the US Army Military Academy at West Point, New York and graduated in June 1938 with a 2nd lieutenant's commission in the Corps of Engineers. Following his initial assignment to Hawaii, he returned to the US prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was posted to Vancouver Barracks in Washington. In 1942 he was assigned to the 315th Combat Engineering Battalion of the 90th Infantry Division (the "Tough Hombres") at Camp Barkley, Texas, prior to being sent to England with his unit to prepare for the Allied Invasion of Europe at Normandy, France in June 1944. Following the German surrender in May 1945, he became a member of the G-3 Section of the Theater General Board that studied the conduct of the war and determine lessons learned. In January 1946 he became the Assistant Military Advisor of the Secretary of State and the following year he became Special Military Advisor to the US Ambassador to Italy. In 1949 he returned to the US and was assigned to the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington DC. In 1952 he became commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division in Korea, serving in two campaigns during the Korean War. In 1953 he returned to the US and became an instructor at the US Army War College in Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. In 1956 he became the Chief of Strategic Planning at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe at Paris, France and in 1958 he was assigned to Germany as the Commander of the Western Area. In July 1959 he returned to West Point, first as cadet regiment commander and then Deputy Commandant of Cadets. In May 1961 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and became the Commandant of Cadets at West Point. In April 1963 he began the first of his three tours in Southeast Asia, first as chief of Operations of the US Military Assistance Command in Saigon, South Vietnam, and later its Chief of Staff (1963 to 1965), the Commander, US Military Assistance Command Thailand and Chief, Joint US Military Group (1965 to 1968), Deputy Commanding General, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force and Commander, US Provisional Corps Vietnam (1968 to 1969). During this time he was promoted to the ranks of major general and lieutenant general. In August 1969 he returned to the US and became the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, along with the Senior US Army Member of the Military Staff, Committee of the United Nations. In October 1972 he became Commanding General of the US 6th Army at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. In July 1973 he was promoted to the rank of general and the following month he became Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command in Korea, and Commanding General, 8th US Army and retired in those positions in October 1976 with 38 years of continuous military service. Among his military awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal (with three oak leaf clusters), the Silver Star (with one oak leaf cluster), the Legion of Merit (with three oak leaf clusters), the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star (with two oak leaf clusters), the Air medal (with 29 oak leaf clusters), the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army Commendation Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Purple Heart, the American Defense Service Medal (with one star), the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with one silver star), the National Defense Service Medal (with one oak leaf cluster), the Korean Service Medal (with three campaign stars), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (with seven campaign stars), the United Nations Service Medal, the Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal, and the Navy Commendation Medal (with combat "V" device). Additionally, he received numerous foreign decorations and awards, including the Belgian Order of Leopold (with palm) and Croix de guerre, the French Croix de guerre, the Luxembourg Croix de guerre, the Czechoslovakian Order of the White Lion and Croix de guerre, the Order of Italy, the Korean Order of Ulchi and Chuong My Medal (1st class), the Greek War Cross (with crown), the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry (with palm), Distinguished Service Order, National Order (3rd class), Rural Reconstruction Medal, and Fourragere of the National Order. Following his military retirement, he service as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 1981 until February 1985. He died in Falls Church, Pennsylvania at the age of 74. His son, Richard Giles Stillwell, Jr, was a retired US Army officer, and an actor who performed in television, films, and the stage.