Kenyon Ashe Joyce was a major general in the United States Army.

[1] Joyce was a prominent cavalry officer in the early outset of the war and was a mentor to a young George S.

[1] He later appointed Dwight D. Eisenhower as a chief of staff and is considered to have played a strong role in his development.

[3] Joyce reached retirement age from the U.S. Army in 1943, at which point Eisenhower, by then a prominent officer in the European Theater, appointed him to the Allied Commission for Italy.

[4] Joyce died in January 1960, aged 80, and a funeral service was held at Fort Myer.