POW’s Promoted To Flag Rank



25 Vietnam POW’s were promoted to flag rank after release from captivity

4-Star (O-10)
Gen Charles G. Boyd (deceased)
3-Star (O-9)
Lt. Gen. John P. Flynn, USAF (Ret) (deceased)
VADM James B. Stockdale, USN (deceased)
VADM William P. Lawrence, USN (Ret) (deceased)
VADM Edward H. Martin, USN (Ret) (deceased)
VADM Joseph S. Mobley, USN (deceased)
2-Star (O-8)
RADM Jeremiah E. Denton, USN (deceased)
RADM Robert Byron Fuller, USN (deceased)
RADM Robert H. Shumaker, USN (Ret)
M/Gen William J. Breckner, USAF (deceased)
M/Gen John L. Borling, USAF (Ret)
M/Gen. Edward J. Mechenbier, USAF-R (Ret)
1-Star (O-7)
BGen. Norman C. Gaddis, USAF (deceased)
BGen. David W. Winn, USAF (deceased)
BGen. Robinson Risner, USAF (deceased)
BGen. James D. Latham, USAF (Ret)
BGen. Kenneth W. North, USAF (deceased)
BGen. Jon A. Reynolds, USAF (deceased)
BGen. Ralph T. Browning, USAF (deceased)
BGen. Jeffrey T. Ellis, USAF (Ret)
BGen. Alan P. Lurie, USAF (deceased)
BGen. David E. Baker, USAF (deceased)
BGen. Kenneth R. Fleenor, USAF (deceased)
BGen. James E. Sehorn, USAF (Ret)
BGen. George (Bud) E. Day, USAF, (deceased), posthumous promotion, 6/8/18
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