What is Kenneth Claiborne Royall?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Kenneth Claiborne Royall | image = KCR portrait.jpg | order = 56<sup>th</sup> | title = [[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start = July 19, 1947 | term_end = September 18, 1947 | president = [[Harry S. Truman]] | predecessor = [[Robert P. Patterson]] | successor = None | order2 = 1<sup>st</sup> | title2 = [[United States Secretary of the Army]] | term_start2 = September 18, 1947 | term_end2 = April 27, 1949 | president2 = [[Harry S. Truman]] | predecessor2 = None | successor2 = [[Gordon Gray]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|7|24}} | birth_place = [[Goldsboro, North Carolina]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|5|25|1894|7|24}} | death_place = [[Durham, North Carolina]] | party = | spouse = | profession = }} '''Kenneth Claiborne Royall''' (July 24, 1894 — May 25, 1971) was a [[United States Army]] [[General officer|general]] and the last person to hold the office of [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]]. That position was abolished in 1947, and Royall served as the first [[United States Secretary of the Army|Secretary of the Army]] (a successory position) from 1947 to 1949. {{USSecArm}} {{Truman cabinet}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Royall, Kenneth Claiborne}} [[Category:1894 births]] [[Category:1971 deaths]] [[Category:American generals]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War I]] [[Category:American military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Politicians from North Carolina]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of the Army]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of War]] [[Category:Military people from North Carolina]] {{us-bio-stub}}