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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33316" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Downing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wayne Allan </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SF </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>General </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Medal (x3), Silver Star (x2),Legion of Merit (x4) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 10.5.1940 Peoria,Illinois</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated USMA 1962</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>173rd Airborne Brigade</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Infantry Instructor,Fort Benning</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>25th Infantry Division 1968</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ops Staff Officer,2 Brigade,25th Infantry Division</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Tulane University</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn (Ranger),75th Infantry Regiment (LtCol) late 1970s</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C.O. 75 Ranger Regiment 1984-85</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Brigadier General 1985</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commanding General,Joint Special Ops Command,Fort Bragg 1989-91</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commanding General,U.S. Army Special Ops Command,Fort Bragg 1991-93</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C-in-C U.S. Special Operations Command 1993-</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired as General</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>National Director and Deputy National Security Adviser 2001-2003</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married 1st wife (2 daughters)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married 2nd wife Kathryn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 18.7.2007 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-downing.5144/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5144-b63920adec0aab07c5c916c924a6776f.jpg?1591384226" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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