He was the first commander of Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV).
- General Creighton Abrams
- General Paul Harkins
- General William Walker
- General William Westmoreland
General Paul Harkins. Harkins commanded MACV from January 1962 to June 1964. A career soldier, and a protégé of Patton, Harkin was unfairly portrayed as old and out of touch for a war like Vietnam.
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