MG William E. Ingram, Jr. The Adjutant General North Carolina National Guard     Love of Country

Major General William E. Ingram, Jr. was appointed to the position of Adjutant General on July 16, 2001. Prior to becoming the Adjutant General, he served as State Training Officer of the North Carolina Army National Guard.

General Ingram is a native of Eastern North Carolina and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Textile Chemistry from North Carolina State University in 1972. His military education includes completion of the US Army War College and the Command and General Staff College.

Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry in 1972 through the North Carolina Military Academy, General Ingram spent the next 29 years in a variety of command and staff positions in North Carolina, Croatia and Macedonia. His command assignments include Infantry Company Commander, 1^st Battalion, 119^th Infantry, 30^th Infantry Brigade; Commander, 1^st Battalion, 119^th Infantry, 30^th Infantry Brigade; 139^th Rear Tactical Operations Center; Task Force Pershing, 1^st Infantry Division and 2d Armored Division and Task Force Sabre, 1^st Infantry Division. 

He has commanded troops at the National Training Center; Operation Joint Guard in Croatia and Bosnia; KFOR in Macedonia and during several hurricane relief operations in North Carolina. He has served as Chief of Staff, United Nations Preventive Deployment (UNPREDEP) in Skopje, Macedonia.

General Ingram's awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, NATO Medal (Former Yugoslavia), NATO Medal (Kosovo), United Nations Medal, Army Superior Unit Award and the Air Assault Badge.