Kenyon A. Joyce

{{short description|United States Army general}}

{{Infobox military person

|name = Kenyon Ashe Joyce

|image = 111-SC-27135 - NARA - 55213772 (cropped) (cropped).jpg

|alt =

|caption = Major General LeRoy Springs Lyon (far left), commanding the 31st Division, with Colonel Kenyon A. Joyce, his chief of staff, and two aides, France, October 1918.

|birth_date = {{birth date|1879|11|03}}

|death_date= {{death date and age|1960|01|11|1879|11|03}}

|death_place = San Francisco, California

|placeofburial = Arlington National Cemetery

|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Army

|serviceyears = 1898–1944

|rank = Major General

|unit = 87th Division
31st Division
8th Division

|commands = 3rd Cavalry Regiment
1st Cavalry Division
IX Corps

|battles = Spanish–American War
World War I
World War II

|awards = Army Distinguished Service Medal
Purple Heart

|spouse = Helen Jones Joyce

|laterwork = President, Allied Commission for Italy

}}

Kenyon Ashe Joyce (November 3, 1879 - January 11, 1960) was a major general in the United States Army. He commanded the 1st Cavalry Division and later IX Corps in World War II.{{sfn|D'Este|2002|p=269}}

Joyce was a prominent cavalry officer in the early outset of the war and was a mentor to a young George S. Patton.{{sfn|D'Este|2002|p=269}} He later appointed Dwight D. Eisenhower as a chief of staff and is considered to have played a strong role in his development.{{sfn|D'Este|2002|p=170}} He had initially sought to promote Eisenhower to command of a division, but Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall favored him for staff postings.{{sfn|D'Este|2002|p=301}}

Joyce reached retirement age from the U.S. Army in 1943, at which point Eisenhower, by then a prominent officer in the European Theater, appointed him to the Allied Commission for Italy.{{sfn|Smith|2012|p=161}}

Joyce died in January 1960, aged 80, and a funeral service was held at Fort Myer.{{sfn|Smith|2012|p=161}}