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Unit/Organization Information
  • US European Command
  • GEN William Ward, Deputy Commander
Location
Coin Location: 8J15 X
Homebase: Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C005097

Location: 8J15 X

Coin: General Officer

Active » U.S. Army

Narrative

Round shaped coin, brass in color, 2 inches in diameter.

United States European Command (USEUCOM)

William E. "Kip" Ward (born March 6, 1949), is a retired United States Army four-star general who previously served as Commander, U.S. Africa Command from October 1, 2007 to March 8, 2011. Prior to that, Ward previously served as Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command. After he left U.S. Africa Command, Ward reverted to his permanent rank of major general and served as a special assistant to the Army’s vice chief of staff after the Department of Defense concluded he had misused taxpayer money. Ward then retired with the rank of lieutenant general in November 2012.

Ward was commissioned into the infantry in 1971. His military service includes overseas tours in Korea, Egypt, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, two tours in Germany, and a wide variety of assignments in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. He relinquished command of Africa Command to General Carter F. Ham.