What is Leroy Suddath?
[[File:MG Leroy Suddath.jpg|right|200px]] '''Leroy Newton Suddath''' (February 21, 1931 – February 27, 2020) was a [[Major general (United States)|major general]] in the [[United States Army]]. He was commissioned in 1956 after graduation from the [[United States Military Academy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/143911 | title=Leroy Suddath - Recipient - }}</ref> Suddath was commander of the 1st Special Operations Command before his retirement in 1988.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bgv6nas1X4oC&dq=leroy+suddath+1st+Special+Operations+Command&pg=PA463 | title=U.S.A. Airborne: 50th Anniversary, 1940-1990 | isbn=9780938021902 | last1=Hagerman | first1=Bart | year=1990 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqRPfg2-KCEC&dq=leroy+suddath+1st+Special+Operations+Command&pg=PA425 | title=Army Executive Biographies | year=1985 }}</ref> He was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]]. Suddathon died at the age of 89 on February 27, 2020 in Savannah.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/savannah/obituary.aspx?n=mg-leroy-n-suddath&pid=195549387&fhid=6031 | title=Mg Army Obituary (1931 - 2020) - Savannah, GA - Savannah Morning News | website=[[Legacy.com]] }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Suddath, Leroy}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:People from Savannah, Georgia]] [[Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery]] [[Category:American generals]] [[Category:Military people from Georgia (U.S. state)]] {{US-bio-stub}}