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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 639-94
November 10, 1994

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Lieutenant General Ira C. Owens, United States Army, to be placed on the retired list in his current grade. Lieutenant General Owens will retire after completion of more than 33 years of service. Since November 1991, he has been serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, United States Army, Wasington, DC.

Lieutenant General Owens was born on July 31, 1936, in Cortez, Colorado.