James G . Kalergis James George Kalergis was a career U . S . Army officer whose career spanned the World War II and Post - Vietnam eras and played a significant role in the post - Vietnam era reorganization of the U . S . Army . Youth and early career . Kalergis was born in Lowell , Massachusetts on January 13 , 1917 . His father , George Demetrios Kalergis , and his mother , Nicoletta Vasilakos Kalergis , were immigrants from Greece . Kalergis graduated from Boston University . His education continued during his military career when he earned a masters degree in international relations at George Washington University and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School . He also attended U . S . Army officer training at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas and the Army War College . Kalergis enlisted in the U . S . Army in February 1941 , prior to the start of World War II . He was commissioned as a lieutenant after attending the Field Artillery Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill , Oklahoma in 1942 . He served as an artillery officer with the 882nd Field Artillery Battalion . By November 1943 , he was a captain and battalion adjutant and promoted to major shortly after the unit arrived in France in February 1945 . He was awarded the Bronze Star while with the 882nd which generally supported the 70th Infantry Division ' s 274th Infantry Regiment during the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns . From 1949 to 1952 , Kalergis , as a major , was assistant professor of military science and tactics at Saint Bonaventure College , a Franciscan school in St . Bonaventure , New York . As a lieutenant colonel in 1954 , Kalergis commanded the 36th Field Artillery Group ' s 597th Armored Field Artillery Battalion in Hanau , Germany . Vietnam and army reorganization . In the in 1960s , Kalergis served tours in South Korea and as commander of 2nd Armored Division ( United States ) at Fort Hood , Texas . During the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1968 , he commanded the artillery for the corps - level organization I Field Force , Vietnam ( United States ) . The next year , he served as First Field Force ' s chief of staff . In Vietnam , he was recognized in efforts to quantify and reduce " harassment and interdiction fire " , artillery fire intended to reduce enemy morale and movement . Yet in practice , it was rarely observed or checked for results and generally proved useless in countering enemy activities in a war without fronts . Kalergis developed systems to quantify and significantly reduce its use due to ineffectiveness , collateral damage to civilians and its high cost . As a major general , Kalergis was Deputy Commanding General for Logistical Support of the United States Army Materiel Command from 1970 - 1972 . In early 1972 , Kalergis was recognized for his organizational abilities and tasked with drawing up the 1973 reorganization of the U . S . Army , the most extensive reorganization of the Army in the continental United States since 1942 . Operation STEADFAST resulted in the establishment of U . S . Army Forces Command ( FORSCOM ) and U . S . Army Training and Doctrine Command ( TRADOC ) . It was followed by subsequent reorganizations in Army Staff Headquarters and of units in the field . The effort to accomplish internal reorganization was initiated with the Army , forestalling efforts by the executive or legislative branch in the post - Vietnam era . Kalergis then served as assistant vice chief for Army Chief of Staff . Retirement . From 1974 until his retirement from active duty in 1975 , Kalerigis was commanding general of the First United States Army at Fort Meade , Maryland . In retirement in 1976 , Kalerigis chaired a task force that drafted an action plan " Tank Weapon System Management . A Program for Maximum Effectiveness " to improve armored forces management . His retirement activities also included serving as a Pentagon consultant , and from 1979 to 1982 as chairman of Vinnell Corporation which trained the Saudi National Guard . Kalerigis died of cancer at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on April 13 , 1991 at the age of 74 . He resided in Alexandria , Virginia and was married to Norma Butler ( 1919 - 1996 ) for 50 years at the time of his death . General and Mrs . Kalergis are buried at Arlington National Cemetery , Section 7A , Grave 61 .