David Lesperance

{{short description|US Army general}}

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|name = David A. Lesperance

|image = MG David A. Lesperance (2).jpg

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|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Army

|serviceyears = 1989–2024

|rank = Major General

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|commands = 2nd Infantry Division
Fort Irwin National Training Center
United States Army Armor School
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment

|battles = Gulf War
Operation Joint Forge
Iraq War

|awards = Legion of Merit (3)
Bronze Star Medal (3)

|alma_mater = Portland State University
United States Army Command and General Staff College
United States Army War College

|spouse = Kelly Lesperance{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NTCFortIrwin/posts/thank-you-to-outgoing-commanding-general-maj-gen-jeffery-broadwater-and-his-wife/3196407930397595/|title=Thank you to outgoing Commanding General, Maj. Gen., Jeffery Broadwater and his wife, Alicia, and family for their service and time at the National Training Center.|website=Facebook |access-date=2021-06-01}}

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David A. Lesperance is a retired United States Army major general who last served as the director of operations of United Nations Command, ROK/US Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea from June 2023 to July 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3335169/general-officer-assignments/|title=General Officer Assignments|date=2023-03-20|access-date=2023-03-21|website=U.S. Department of Defense}} He most recently served as commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division from May 18, 2021, to May 15, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31935|title=Webcast: 2ID Change of Command Ceremony|access-date=2023-05-13|website=DVIDS}} Prior to that, he served as commanding general of the Fort Irwin National Training Center from September 2019 to April 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.2id.korea.army.mil/Leadership/cg/|title=Commanding General – 2ID|access-date=2021-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-10100/davida-lesperance|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214108/https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-10100/davida-lesperance|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2021|title=Major General David A. Lesperance (USA)|access-date=2021-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.benning.army.mil/Leaders/BG-Lesperance.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316041015/http://www.benning.army.mil/Leaders/BG-Lesperance.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2018|title=Brigadier General David A. Lesperance, Armor School Commandant, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence|access-date=2021-06-01}}{{cite web|first=Matthew|last=Keeler|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/new-2nd-id-commander-begins-his-first-tour-of-duty-on-korean-peninsula-1.673780|title=New 2nd ID commander begins his first tour of duty on Korean Peninsula|date=2021-05-18|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Stars and Stripes}}

The "Lesperance Landing Pad”, part of the Desert combat area of the National Training Center, is named after Lesperance to commemorate his tenure as commander of the center.{{cite web|first=Donald|last=Ross|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/393770/national-training-center-commanding-general-honored-with-place-desert|title=National Training Center Commanding General Honored with Place in Desert|date=2021-04-08|access-date=2021-06-01|publisher=Fort Irwin Public Affairs Office|website=dvidshub.net}}