Wilson Allen Shoffner

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| name = Wilson A. Shoffner

| image = Lt. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner, Sr. (full length).jpg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|3|28}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|1|3|1938|3|28}}

| birth_place = Ryan, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_place = Colleyville, Texas, U.S.

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| allegiance = {{US}}

| branch = United States Army

| serviceyears = 1961–1993

| rank = Lieutenant General

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| commands = Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College
3rd Infantry Division
214th Field Artillery Brigade
3rd Battalion, 79th Field Artillery Regiment

| battles = Vietnam War

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Wilson Allen "Dutch" Shoffner Sr. (March 28, 1938 – January 3, 2014) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VewFAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA55 |title=Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1989: hearings before a ... - United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Defense - Google Books |date=1988-03-30 |page=55 |accessdate=2021-09-17}}{{cite web|url=http://foust.tributes.com/our_obituaries/Ret.-Lt.-Gen.-Wilson-A.-Dutch-Shoffner-97544342 |title=Ret. Lt. Gen. Wilson A. Shoffner Obituary - Colleyville, Texas - J.E. Foust & Son Funeral Home |publisher=Foust.tributes.com |date= |accessdate=2021-09-17}} He was Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College from August 16, 1991 to July 27, 1993.{{Cite web |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/AOKM/aokm2008/C1a1%20Doc4%20AOKM%20Conference%202008%20Speakers%20Bio-JEMiller.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-08-09 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110425/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/AOKM/aokm2008/C1a1%20Doc4%20AOKM%20Conference%202008%20Speakers%20Bio-JEMiller.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Shoffner was born and raised in Ryan, Oklahoma, graduating from Ryan High School. He attended Cameron College and then completed a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering at Oklahoma State University in 1961. Shoffner participated in the Army ROTC program and was commissioned as a second lieutenant of field artillery. He later earned an M.S. degree in international relations from George Washington University.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9YfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA497 |title=U.S. Army Register: Active and Retired List |date=January 1, 1962 |volume=I |page=497 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2021-09-17}}

As a general officer, Shoffner served as assistant commander of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood and as commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division in Würzburg, Germany.

Shoffner was married to Beverly Beth Beauchamp (May 8, 1938 – December 17, 2013) and they had two sons.{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CghTaG9mZm5lchIHQmV2ZXJseRoEQmV0aA--/ |title=Shoffner, Beverly Beth |website=ANCExplorer |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=2021-09-17}} Wilson Allen "Al" Shoffner Jr. is a 1988 graduate of the United States Military Academy who retired from active duty as a major general in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.ausa.org/people/mg-wilson-shoffner-jr |title=MG Wilson A. Shoffner, Jr |date=3 October 2017 |publisher=Association of the United States Army |access-date=2021-09-17}}{{cite news |url=https://www.army.mil/article/233728/fort_sill_welcomes_new_commanding_general |title=Fort Sill welcomes new commanding general |first=Mitch |last=Meador |date=March 12, 2020 |newspaper=Fort Sill Tribune |access-date=2021-09-17}} Thomas Andrew "Andy" Shoffner is a 1990 graduate of the Military Academy who retired from active duty as a colonel in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.westpointaog.org/FindaGradDisplay?reid=fYoI7PBAQ47sij0C3kUtYw%3d%3d&bbsys=0&bbrt=0 |title=Thomas Andrew Shoffner |publisher=West Point Association of Graduates |access-date=2021-09-17}}{{cite web |url=https://m.facebook.com/USACGSC/photos/a.118194894457/10158795435744458/?type=3 |title=Mr. Andrew Shoffner |date=September 7, 2020 |publisher=U.S. Army Command and General Staff College |access-date=2021-09-17}}

Shoffner died at his home in Colleyville, Texas. He was interred along with his wife at Arlington National Cemetery on August 27, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CghTaG9mZm5lchIGV2lsc29uGgVBbGxlbg--/ |title=Shoffner, Wilson Allen |website=ANCExplorer |publisher=U.S. Army |access-date=2021-09-17}}