US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno salutes during his retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson, August 14, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia.
Gen. Odierno who was the Army's 38th Chief of Staff was replaced by Gen. Mark Milley during a Army Ch WASHINGTON - Raymond T.
Odierno, a retired Army general who commanded American and coalition forces in Iraq at the height of the war and capped a 39-year career by serving as the Army's chief of staff, has died, his family said Saturday.
He was 67."The general died after a brave battle with cancer; his death was not related to COVID," a family statement said. "There are no other details to share at this time.