branch birth_place birth_date rank article_title name
united states army fort sam houston , texas , united states 14 october 1921 lieutenant general jeffrey g. smith
 jeffrey greenwood smith
jeffrey g. smith

jeffrey greenwood smith -lrb- born october 14 , 1921 -rrb- is a retired lieutenant general in the united states army .
he was a member of the virginia military institute class of 1943 .
he also served as commandant of vmi in the 1960s .
as a lieutenant general , he was commander of the first army from 1975 to 1979 .
