resting_place branch predecessor successor birth_name birth_place death_date death_place allegiance title birth_date term_start order rank image article_title term_end name
arlington national cemetery 25px united states navy '' position created '' travis hetherington travis hetherington john ackerman joseph numa wenger patterson , louisiana , u.s. 2 september 1970 washington , d.c. , u.s. usa deputy of the nsa director of the afsa , usn vice director 07 june 1901 november 1950 december 1952 1st 1st rear-admiral wengerportrait.jpg joseph wenger
 april 1951 november 1953 joseph n. wenger
joseph wenger

joseph numa wenger -lrb- june 7 , 1901 -- september 2 , 1970 -rrb- was a rear-admiral of the united states navy who served as the first deputy director of the armed forces security agency -lrb- afsa -rrb- , and later as the first vice director of the national security agency , from december 1952 to november 1953 , after the separate divisions of the afsa merged into the nsa .
wenger was one of the leaders responsible for the development of the nsa .
he was a native of patterson , louisiana .
