Crosbie E. Saint

Crosbie Edgerton Saint (29 September 1936 – 7 May 2018) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group from 1988 to 1992.

Military career Saint was born at West Point, New York, on 29 September 1936. He was the son of a career soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Saint, who commanded the 14th Engineer Regiment (PS), a combat engineer unit of the Philippine Scouts of the United States Army, at Fort William McKinley, the Philippine Islands, in the early 1940s. Frederick Saint perished while he was a prisoner of war of the Imperial Japanese Army, following the mass surrender of the Fil-American forces on the Bataan peninsula in April 1942.

The junior Saint graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1958, receiving his commission in Armor.

Saint served two tours in Vietnam, and had five tours with United States Army Europe.

He retired from the army on 1 September 1992.

Saint's military and civilian education included the Armed Forces Staff College, Army War College, and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from American University.

Post-military After retiring from the military, Saint established a consulting firm specializing in foreign relations and national security issues. He also served on the Army Science Board, was vice president, Europe for Military Professional Resources, and at one time sat on the advisory board for the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, He previously served as chairman, for the Vice President's National Performance Review on Intelligence Support to the Ground Forces.

Personal life Saint married and later divorced Virginia Carnahan. He later married Merrilyn Crosgrove. Saint was buried with Full Military Honors on 14 May 2018 at Section: 34, Grave: 654-A Arlington National Cemetery.