More detail on this person: GEN. FRANCIS J. TONER DIES Francis J. Toner, 55, an Army major general who most recently served as vice director of logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died of cancer Feb. 14 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Gen. Toner served 33 years in the Army before his retirement for medical reasons late last year. In his most recent assignment he had specialized in strategic mobility, readiness and contingency planning. He had been assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 1977 and in that capacity had served in South Korea, Europe and Washington. Gen. Toner served two tours of duty in Vietnam during the war there. In 1966-67, he commanded an assault helicopter company in the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and in 1970 he commanded an aviation battalion and then a transportation battalion in the same division. His combat decorations included the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation Ribbon with Combat "V" and the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. Other decorations included the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Distinguished Service Medal and the Defense Superior Service Medal. A native of Red Bank, N.J., Gen. Toner was a graduate of the University of Virginia. He joined the Army in 1954. While on active duty he received a master's degree in business administration at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. He also attended the Army's Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He attended flight school in 1955 and later served in aviation units in operational and maintenance assignments in the United States, Greece, Germany and Korea. Before he was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff he had been commander of the Seventh Army's 11th Aviation Group in West Germany and commander of the Corpus Christi Army Depot in Texas. Gen. Toner lived in Annandale and he had been a permanent resident of the Washington area since 1968 Survivors include his wife, Frieda Toner, and one son, Mark Toner, both of Annandale; one brother, retired Army Col. Richard Toner of San Francisco, and one sister, Mary D'Andrade of Summit, N.J.
Burial information: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
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