Herbert J. McChrystal

Herbert Joseph McChrystal Jr. (May 30, 1924 – December 10, 2013) was a major general in the United States Army and the father of General Stanley A. McChrystal.

Early years and personal life Herbert Joseph McChrystal Jr. was born in 1924 in the Panama Canal Zone to Colonel Herbert McChrystal Sr. (1895–1954), who was stationed with the United States military and Hazel Marion (née Vosper) McChrystal. He married Mary Gardner Bright, with whom he had six children. Mary McChrystal died in 1971. He is a distant relative of Corporal Charles Edward McChrystal, US Army Corporal and Purple Heart recipient, who died in France during World War II.

Career

After completing high school in Pullman, Washington, and was part of the occupying force in Germany after World War II.

He served a tour of duty in Korea with the 14th Infantry Regiment, part of the 25th Infantry Division, and received his first Silver Star.

McChrystal graduated from the advanced course at the Infantry School in 1952, the Command and General Staff College in 1955 and the National War College in 1965. After serving on the staff of the United States Army War College, he studied international relations at Georgetown University from August 1957 to February 1959.

Later, he went on to form a logistics consultation firm with Nedra R. McChrystal, his third wife. They moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, in 2001.