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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 045-96
January 30, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Lieutenant General Johnnie E. Wilson, United States Army, for appointment to the grade of general and assignment as Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command, Alexandria, Virginia. Since February 1994, he has served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, United States Army, Washington, D.C.

Lieutenant General Wilson was born on February 4, 1944, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.