George P. Seneff Jr.

George Philip Steneff Jr. (27 August 1916 – 2 December 1998) was a United States Army Lieutenant general who served in World War II and the Vietnam War.

Military career He attended West Point graduating in the class of 1941.

During World War II he served as an artillery officer in the 14th Armored Division.

After World War II he returned to West Point where he served as a Tactical Officer from 1946 to 1948. He then served in the Armored Branch until 1950, during which time he graduated from the Army Language School and Strategic Intelligence School. He served as assistant Army attache in London until 1953. He then served with the 82nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, part of U.S. Army, Europe until 1955. On 4 September 1967, four days after the arrival of the first Bell AH-1 Cobras in Vietnam, a Cobra piloted by Seneff made the type's first combat kill, sinking a sampan and killing four Vietcong near Muc Hoa. On 16 September 1967 Seneff passed command of the Brigade to Major general Robert R. Williams.

In October 1967 he was appointed commander of the 3rd Infantry Division in West Germany. From March 1969 he served as operations officer at United States Strike Command and as deputy director of Modern Army Selected Systems Test Evaluation and Review project ("Project MASSTER"). In July 1971 he was appointed commanding general of III Corps. In October 1973 he was appointed commanding general of Fifth Army.

Later life He died of Alzheimer's Disease on 2 December 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.