Patricia Parsons Hickerson

Patricia Parsons Hickerson (born September 15, 1942) is a retired major general in the United States Army. She served for 32 years and was Adjutant General of the Army from 1991 to 1994. Upon her retirement in 2001, Hickerson held the rank of major general, the third woman in United States Army history to receive her second star, and the senior woman officer in the army. Hickerson then got stationed at United States Military Entrance Processing Command in North Chicago as the commander central sector from 1989 to 1991. She was then moved back to Alexandria where she was the adjutant general of the United States Total Army Personnel Command and later the commander of the United States Army Physical Disability Agency from 1991 to 1994. In this position, she established Army Casualty Information Processing System, later transforming into the current Defense Casualty Information Processing System. and into the Army Women's Foundation Hall of Fame in 2018.

Awards Army Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal with one bronze oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with two bronze oak leaf clusters Meritorious Service Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters Army Commendation Medal

Personal life Hickerson married Major Dennis Fogarty on December 18, 1974, and they currently reside in Florida.