# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-j-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:24:06.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-j-townsend"
name: "Stephen J. Townsend"
slug: "stephen-j-townsend"
description: "Stephen J. Townsend is an American retired United States Army four-star general who served as Commander United States Africa Command from 26 July 2019 to 8 August 2022. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018."
tagline: "United States Army four-star general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Townsend_Africom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1959"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump