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John P. Daley (July 17, 1910 – July 21, 1963) was a career officer in the United States Army. The son and grandson of prominent army officers, he served from 1931 until his death and attained the rank of lieutenant general. A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, his senior assignments included commanding general of the U.S. Army Combat Developments Command, and his awards included the Army Distinguished Service Medal and three awards of the Legion of Merit.
A native of Washington, D.C., Daley was raised at several locations in the United States as his father carried out assignments with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Daley graduated from Pittsburgh's Peabody High School in 1926. He studied at George Washington University for a year while also attending Millard's Preparatory School. In 1927, he received an at-large appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated in 1931 ranked 24th of 296, and was appointed a second lieutenant of Field Artillery.
At the start of his career, Daley carried out Field Artillery and Civilian Conservation Corps postings at locations including Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Fort Douglas, Utah, and CCC sites in Wyoming and Oregon. Beginning in 1937, Daley served on the West Point faculty as an instructor of Physics. During World War II, he commanded a Field Artillery battalion, served as an instructor at the Field Artillery School, and carried out senior Field Artillery staff officer positions in Europe. After the war, he attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College, served again on the West Point faculty, and served on the faculty of the United States Army War College.
During the Korean War, Daley was executive officer of I Corps Artillery and commander of 2nd Infantry Division Artillery. After the war, his postings included chief of staff for United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, commander of III Armored Corps Artillery, and director of special weapons research in the office of the army's chief of research and development. His senior assignments included commander of the Southern European Task Force in Italy, deputy chief of staff and deputy army commander for reserve affairs at United States Army Europe. In the early 1960s, he was assigned as deputy commander of the Continental Army Command.
In 1962, the army created the Combat Developments Command, and Daley was named its first commander. He was still assigned as CDC commander when he was stricken with a fatal heart attack on July 21, 1963 while in Albany, New York to visit his father. Daley was buried at West Point Cemetery.