# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-e-cavazos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:59:11.369Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-e-cavazos"
name: "Richard E. Cavazos"
slug: "richard-e-cavazos"
description: "Richard Edward Cavazos was a United States Army four-star general. He was a Korean War recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross as a first lieutenant and advanced in rank to become the United States Army's first Hispanic four-star general. During the Vietnam War, as a lieutenant colonel, Cavazos was awarded a second Distinguished Service Cross. In 1976, Cavazos became the first Mexican-American to reach the rank of brigadier general in the United States Army. Cavazos served for 33 years, with his final command as head of the United States Army Forces Command. On 25 May 2022, The Naming Commission recommended that Fort Hood be renamed to Fort Cavazos, in recognition of Cavazos' military service. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the renaming on 6 October 2022. The re-designation as Fort Cavazos occurred on 9 May 2023. Cavazos' Korean War Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded to the Medal of Honor and posthumously awarded to him on 3 January 2025."
tagline: "U.S. Army general (1929–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GEN_CAVAZOS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1929-01-31"
deathDate: "2017-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump