Carroll Thackston | |
Office: | Adjutant General of Virginia |
Governor: | George Allen Jim Gilmore |
Term Start: | July 24, 1994 |
Term End: | September 30, 1998 |
Preceded: | Jack Castles |
Succeeded: | Claude Williams |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1933 |
Birth Place: | Concord, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Education: | Virginia Military Institute |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1955–1998 |
Rank: | Major general |
Unit: | National Guard Bureau |
Commands: | Virginia National Guard |
Mawards: | Legion of Merit |
Carroll Thackston (June 20, 1933 – February 17, 2013) was a United States Army major general and former Adjutant General of Virginia.
Thackston was born on June 20, 1933, in Concord, Virginia, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Thackston.[1] He attended Virginia Military Institute and graduated in 1955 with a degree in history.[2] [3]