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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 455-96
August 01, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Maj. Gen. Frederick E. Vollrath, United States Army, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and assignment as deputy chief of staff for Personnel, United States Army, Washington, D.C. Since Oct 1995, he has served as the assistant deputy chief of staff for Personnel, United States Army, Washington, D.C.

Vollrath was born on July 16, 1940, in Miami Beach, Fla.