Biographies

General William S. Wallace
Commanding General
United States Army Training And Doctrine Command

General Wallace assumed the duties of Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on October 13, 2005, after serving as the Commanding General, United States Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth.

General Wallace was born on December 31, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois. He was commissioned through the United States Military Academy in 1969. He has a Master of Science degree in Operations Research and Master of Arts degrees in International Relations and National Security and Strategic Studies.

As TRADOC Commander, General Wallace is responsible for recruiting, training, and educating the Army’s Soldiers; developing its leaders; supporting training in units; developing doctrine; establishing standards; and building the future Army. TRADOC is comprised of over 50,000 Soldiers and Department of the Army civilians operating in 33 Army schools across sixteen installations.

General Wallace has commanded with distinction at every possible level from platoon to corps and on two separate occasions led Soldiers in combat. In 1972, he served as an assistant district advisor and later as an operations advisor in the Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam. And recently as the V Corps Commander, General Wallace led the Army’s attack to Baghdad in Operation Iraqi Freedom. General Wallace’s first assignment was as a platoon leader and troop executive officer in the 2nd Squadron, 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Meade. After returning from his first combat tour, he commanded a company at Fort Bragg in the 4th Battalion (Light) (Airborne), 68th Armored Regiment with the 82nd Airborne Division. During the first of three tours to Germany, he took command of 3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1986. Following an assignment as the Senior Armored Task Force Trainer and chief of staff at the Army’s National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, General Wallace returned to Germany in 1992 becoming the 55th Colonel of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Fulda. After Regimental command, he returned to Fort Irwin, where he commanded the NTC’s operation group and later became commander of the NTC. In 1997, General Wallace took command of the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Hood. Following division command, he served as Commander, Joint Warfighting Center, and as the Director, Joint Training J-7, in the U.S. Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia. Returning to Germany for his third tour, General Wallace assumed command of V Corps in 2001.

General Wallace attended both the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey; the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth; and the United States Naval War College in Newport. Among his awards and decorations are the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with four oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Army Commendation Medal with “V”device, the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Parachutist Badge, and the Ranger Tab.