Allen Mitchell Burdett Jr. (25 August 1921 – 8 July 1980) was a United States Army lieutenant general. Early life Burdett was born in Washington, D.C. on August 25, 1921 to Allen Sr. and Margaret Burdett. He also had a brother named Lucien. His ancestors fought in every American conflict since the Revolutionary War. His father, a highly respected military judge, became the Army's senior JAG colonel. As a Boy Scout at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Burdett began his lifelong friendship with a future United States Military Academy (USMA) classmate, Arch Hamblen. Upon graduation from Western High School in Washington, DC, in 1939, he was appointed to the USMA by Senator Richard Russell Jr. of Georgia. Education 1943: Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy 1951: Graduate Infantry School 1953: Command and General Staff College 1955: Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia 1959: Army War College 1965: Master's degree in International Affairs, George Washington University Military service Dates of rank June 1, 1943: Second lieutenant December 1, 1943: First lieutenant November 6, 1944: Captain August 7, 1946: Major March 16, 1953: Lieutenant colonel September 1, 1959: Colonel October 22, 1966: Brigadier general c. 1970: Major general 1973: Lieutenant general Assignments 1940 – 1943: Attended the United States Military Academy, graduated on June 1, 1943 1943 – 1947: Served in World War II with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 255th Infantry Regiment, 63rd Infantry Division, commissioned (ASN: O-26048), reached the rank of Major 1947 – 1950: Assistant Professor, Military science and tactics, Georgia Institute of Technology 1950 – 1952: S3 and Battalion Executive Officer, 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team 1953 – 1954: Infantry Battalion Commander, Regimental Executive Officer, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division 1954: G1 and G2, 7th Infantry Division 1955 – 1958: Army Representative Office of the Commandant of the United States Air Force Academy 1960 – 1962: Director of the Combat Devels and worked in the office of the deputy assistant commandant of the Army Aviation School 1962 – 1965: Executive Officer to the Assistant Secretary of the Army 1965 – 1966: Commanding Officer of the 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division 1966 – 1968: Military assistant in the Office of the Director of the Office of Defense, Research and Engineering 1968 – 1969: Assistant Division Commander, 101st Airborne Division 1969 – 1970: Commanding general of the 1st Aviation Brigade 1970: Director of Army Aviation, Office of the Assistant