serviceyears branch birth_place birth_date rank article_title name
1943 -- 1981 united states army los angeles , california , united states 6 september 1923 lieutenant general thomas tackaberry
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thomas tackaberry

thomas howard tackaberry -lrb- born september 6 , 1923 -rrb- is a retired lieutenant general in the united states army .
he served as commander of the xviii airborne corps .
