Charles J. McDonnell

Charles James McDonnell
Brigadier General Charles James McDonnell 16th Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
Born	July 7, 1928 (1928-07-07) (age 83)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1954–1989
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Vietnam War
Awards	Legion of Merit Soldier's Medal Bronze Star

Chaplain (Brigadier General) Charles James McDonnell, USA (born July 7, 1928) is a retired American Army officer who served as the 16th Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1986 to 1989.^[1]

Awards and decorations

Among his awards and decorations are:

• Legion of Merit (with one bronze oak leaf cluster)
• Soldier's Medal
• Bronze Star
• Meritorious Service Medal (with three bronze oak leaf clusters)
• Air Medal
• Army Commendation Medal (with two bronze oak leaf clusters)
• Presidential Unit Citation
• Army Meritorious Unit Commendation
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
• Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
• Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation
• National Defense Service Medal
• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
• Vietnam Service Medal (with four bronze service stars)
• Armed Forces Reserve Medal
• Army Service Ribbon
• Overseas Service Ribbon (with award numeral 2)
• Vietnam Campaign Medal

References

1. ^ Brinsfield, John Wesley (1997). Encouraging faith, supporting soldiers : the United States Army Chaplaincy, 1975–1995. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Dept. of the Army. http://www.archive.org/stream/encouragingfaith00brin/encouragingfaith00brin_djvu.txt. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 

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Military offices
Preceded by Norris L. Einertson	Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army 1986–1989	Succeeded by Matthew A. Zimmerman, Jr.

Persondata
Name	McDonnell, Charles J.
Alternative names
Short description	Retired American Army officer and chaplain
Date of birth	July 7, 1928
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Date of death
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