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Former Army Chief of Staff Frederick Weyand dies

By GREG SMALL

Associated Press Writer

HONOLULU – Former Army Chief of Staff Frederick C. Weyand, the last commander of U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War, has died. He was 93.

Weyand died of natural causes Wednesday night at the Kahala Nui retirement residence in Honolulu, stepdaughter Laurie Foster said Thursday.

The general oversaw the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from South Vietnam before becoming the Army’s chief of staff in 1974. He retired from active service in 1976.