Daniel B. Allyn

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.

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.

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.

Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster
National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star
Southwest Asia Service Medal with one bronze campaign star

Other

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.