Thomas P. Carney

Thomas P. Carney
Birth nameThomas Patrick Carney
Born(1941-06-19)June 19, 1941
Cleveland, Ohio, US
DiedJuly 20, 2019(2019-07-20) (aged 78)
Naples, Florida, US
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1963–1994
RankLieutenant general
CommandsDeputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army
5th Infantry Division
U.S. Army Recruiting Command
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment
Battles / warsVietnam War

Thomas Patrick Carney[1][2] (June 19, 1941 – July 20, 2019) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as Deputy Chief of Staff G-1 Personnel of The United States Army from 1992 to 1994.[3][4] Born and raised in Cleveland, he attended St. Ignatius High School and was elected president from the Class of 1959.[5] Carney earned a B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy in 1963 and an M.S. degree in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1971.[6][7][8] He received two Distinguished Service Medals and three awards of the Legion of Merit.[9]

After his death, Carney was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on December 11, 2019.[10]

  1. ^ U.S. Army Register: Active and Retired List. Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army. January 1, 1966. p. 92. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. ^ "Class of 1963—Register of Graduates". Official Register of the Officers and Cadets. United States Military Academy. 1969. p. 797. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Forces and Personnel Subcommittee (1995). Desert Storm Mystery Illness/adequacy of Care: Hearing Before the Military Forces and Personnel Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held, March 15, 1994. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160466670. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  4. ^ "Obituary". Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  5. ^ Ignatian. Cleveland, Ohio: St. Ignatius High School. 1959. p. 104.
  6. ^ "Brigadier General Thomas P. Carney". Army Executive Biographies. Headquarters, Department of the Army. 1985. p. 545. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  7. ^ Carney, Thomas Patrick (September 1971). "An optimization model for investigating alternative research and development programs of the U.S. Army" (PDF). Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  8. ^ "Naval Postgraduate School Graduation Exercises" (PDF). Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School. September 24, 1971. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  9. ^ "Thomas Patrick Carney". Military Times. Sightline Media Group. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  10. ^ "Carney, Thomas Patrick". ANCExplorer. U.S. Army. Retrieved 2021-05-14.