Daniel B. Allyn
United States Army general
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| Intro | United States Army general | |||||||||
| A.K.A. | Daniel Bartlett Allyn | |||||||||
| A.K.A. | Daniel Bartlett Allyn | |||||||||
| Places | United States of America | |||||||||
| is | Military personnel | |||||||||
| Work field | Military | |||||||||
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| Birth | 24 September 1959, New Hampshire, USA | |||||||||
| Age | 65 years | |||||||||
| Star sign | Libra | |||||||||
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Biography
Daniel Bartlett Allyn (born September 24, 1959) is a United States Army general who served as the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 2014 until 2017. Allyn previously served as the commanding general of the XVIII Airborne Corps from 2012 to 2013 and of United States Army Forces Command from May 2013 to August 2014.
Early life and education
Allyn was born in New Hampshire on September 24, 1959, and raised in Berwick, Maine. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1981.
Career
Allyn went on to serve overseas in South Korea, Grenada, Egypt, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan as a combat infantryman and a master parachutist.
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In 2013, Allyn was the honoree of the Patriot Foundation, an organization that provides scholarships and other support to the families of soldiers who have served in airborne, special operations and other army specialty units.