John Alonzo McCloud

He was born at Saint Vincent DePaul Hospital on Church Street, Norfolk, Virginia on 15 April 1944, to Catherine Lauder Dunn Foskett McCloud and Carlyle Turner McCloud. He grew up in Princess Anne County, now Virginia Beach. From 1956 until graduation in 1961, he attended Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia. From 1953 through 1961, he spent his summers studying in Mexico where his mother did her graduate studies in Spanish. John graduated from the University of Richmond in 1965, after which he married the love of his life, Carole Atlee Crowe.

John was commissioned via ROTC at The University of Richmond and had a stellar 26-year Army career as a Cavalry and Military Intelligence Officer. He proudly served six overseas tours: one in Vietnam, Korea, and England, and three in Germany. His notable assignments included Fort Carson, Colorado with the 4th Infantry Division as Commander of the division's Military Intelligence Company and G2 Operations Officer. He was the Commander US Army Special Security Group US Forces Korea and Japan. Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 of the First Armored Division in Ansbach, Germany. Commander of the Army's Counterespionage Battalion at Presidio of San Francisco and Military Assistant for Electronic Warfare, Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. As a junior officer he served on the Executive Council US Armor Association (now the US Cavalry and Armor Association).

He was a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and Staff College, the Royal College Military Science, the British Army Staff College, Camberly, England, and the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

In retirement he and Carole enjoyed travelling and the company of their grandchildren. He is survived by his devoted and loving wife, Carole and their two daughters, Sarah Anne and Carolyn Atlee, and his two grandchildren Christopher-John Paterno and Atlee Lauren Paterno.

Services for Colonel John A. McCloud will be held in Arlington, Virginia National Cemetery at a later date in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Heart Association (https://www.heart.org/). Arrangements have been entrusted to Nelsen Funeral Home and condolences may be shared at www.NelsenWilliamsburg.com.

“Veni, Viti, Vici!” (I came, I saw, I conquered!)-Julius Caesar and John A. McCloud