Richard A. Kidd Military person

Richard A. Kidd (born June 24, 1943, Morehead, Kentucky) was the ninth Sergeant Major of the Army. He was sworn in on July 2, 1991 and served until his term expired in June 1995.His assignments include two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-67 & 1970-71) and multiple tours in Korea including 1st Sgt of B Company 1/32nd Infantry Regiment (Buccaneers) Camp Howze Korea (which was the only front line military unit approved by the US Congress at the time) and Europe. Before becoming the Sergeant Major of the Army, he was Command Sergeant Major (CSM) of I Corps & Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Washington. Among his other assignments, he has been Command Sergeant Major for numerous organizations,. These included CSM of the 9th Aviation Battalion; 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry; Commandant, 1st Armored Division, NCO Academy, Katterbach, Germany. He returned to Fort Lewis after his tour in Germany and served consecutively as CSM of the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment; 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division (Motorized); and 9th Infantry Division (Motorized).

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Richard A. Kidd
Birth dateJune 24, 1943
Birth place
Morehead Kentucky

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award
Bronze Star Medal
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)
Legion of Merit
Special Forces Tab
Air Medal
military operations
Vietnam War
military branch
United States Army
service start1962
service end1995

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External resources

  1. http://www.army.mil/leaders/sma/former/sma_bio9.html