Timothy Maude Lieutenant General Timothy Joseph Maude , USA ( November 18 , 1947 – September 11 , 2001 ) was the highest ranking military officer killed in the September 11 , 2001 attacks and the most senior U . S . army officer killed by enemy action since Simon B . Buckner in 1945 . Maude had been serving as the U . S . Army ' s Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and was at a meeting when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the west side of The Pentagon . His offices had just days before been moved to the most recently renovated section of the Pentagon . Early life . Timothy Joseph Maude was born in Indianapolis , Indiana . He enlisted on March 21 , 1966 at the age of 18 . He had initially intended to become a priest and graduated from the Latin School of Indianapolis , a Roman Catholic seminary high school , but received his commission as a Second Lieutenant upon completing Officer Candidate School in February 1967 . He earned a Bachelor of Arts in management from Golden Gate University and a Master of Arts Degree in Public Administration from Ball State University . Career . Upon being commissioned he served one year in Vietnam and the rest of his career in the United States , West Germany and Korea . His assignments included : Maude was stationed in Washington , D . C . in August 1998 and was nominated as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel by President Clinton ' s Secretary of Defense , William S . Cohen , in May 2000 . He began the Army of One campaign using television and internet advertising . He had testified before US Congress concerning the necessity of meeting recruiting goals to fulfill the United States Army ' s missions . In September 2001 he announced that the Army of One campaign was drawing more recruits and on September 4 , 2001 it was reported that the Army had met its goals early for active duty soldier s and that the Army Reserve and National Guard would meet theirs by the end of the month . Views on homosexuality . Maude was a point man for the Don ' t Ask Don ' t Tell policy and matters concerning LGBT issues . When Private First Class Barry Winchell was murdered by Calvin Glover because it was rumored that Winchell was gay , Maude was one of the Army leaders who met with Winchell ' s mother , Patricia Kutteles . C . Dixon Osburn , Executive Director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network , said in a press release : " Lt . Gen . Maude has played a pivotal role in developing and implementing key programs related to LGBT military personnel . In addition to working on the services ' most comprehensive ' Don ' t Ask , Don ' t Tell ' training programs , Maude has been an effective leader in working to protect our men and women in uniform from anti - gay harassment . " Dates of rank and military awards . Second Lieutenant : February 1967 Lieutenant General : May 2000 Lt . Gen . Maude ' s personal decorations include : Death and legacy . Maude was serving as the U . S . Army ' s Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and was at a meeting when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the west side of The Pentagon . His offices had just days before been moved to the most recently renovated section of The Pentagon . He is survived by his wife , Teri , and two daughters , Karen and Kathleen ( Mrs . Koehler ) . He was the highest ranking military officer killed in the attacks , and the most senior U . S . army officer killed by enemy action since Simon B . Buckner in 1945 . He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on October 6 , 2001 . Almost seven months later , on April 30 , 2002 , the Lieutenant General Timothy J . Maude Center for Human Resources was dedicated in his honor at the Campbell Barracks in Heidelberg , Germany where he served from 1995 – 98 as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel and Installation Management . It was his last assignment before being stationed in Washington , D . C . In 2010 The United States Army Human Resources Command named their new Center of Excellence at Fort Knox , Kentucky after General Maude . At the National 9 / 11 Memorial , Maude is memorialized at the South Pool , on Panel S - 74 . The Knights of Columbus named the Timothy J . Maude Council 10292 in Wiesbaden , Germany in Maude ' s memory .