. . . "Army Chief of Staff" . "2nd Brigade,3rd Infantry Division" . "1942-11-28Z"^^ . . . "Seventh United States Army" . . "Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division" . "7thUnited States Secretary of Veterans Affairs" . "1942Z"^^ . "1st Cavalry Division" . . . . . . . . . "3rd Squadron,7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division" . . . . . . . . "Eric Ken Shinseki (/\u0283\u0268n\u02C8s\u025Bki/; born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-2014). His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999\u20132003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Stars for valor and two Purple Hearts."@en . . . . . "Shinseki, Eric"@en . . "28thVice Chief of Staff of the United States Army" . "2003Z"^^ . "1965Z"^^ . "Eric Shinseki"@en . "3rd Squadron,5th Cavalry Regiment,9th Infantry Division" . . . "Army Vice Chief of Staff" . "34thChief of Staff of the United States Army" . "Allied Land Forces Central Europe" . . "NATO Stabilization Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina" . . . "Recipient of the Purple Heart medal" . . . . . . . . . . .