Herbert J. McChrystal

Major General Herbert Joseph McChrystal Jr. (May 30, 1924 – December 10, 2013) was an officer in the United States Army and the father of General Stanley A. McChrystal. Early years and personal life Herbert Joseph McChrystal Jr. was born in 1924 in the Panama Canal Zone to Colonel Herbert McChrystal, Sr. (1895–1954), who was stationed with the United States military and Hazel Marion (née Vosper) McChrystal. He married Mary Gardner Bright, with whom he had six children. Mary McChrystal died in 1971. He is a distant relative of Corporal Charles Edward McChrystal, US Army Corporal and Purple Heart recipient, who died in France during World War II. Career McChrystal graduated from New Mexico Military Institute 1942 JC and the United States Military Academy in 1945, and was part of the occupying force in Germany after World War II. He served a tour of duty in Korea with the 15th Infantry Regiment, part of the 25th Infantry Division, and received his first Silver Star.