Major General Richard Marshall Wells (November 28, 1929 – October 22, 2015) was an officer in the United States Army who was Director of Defense Mapping Agency from August 1981 to June 1983.

[1] Major General Wells graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1951 and received an MS from Iowa State University in 1956.

In 1964 he completed the Naval War College, simultaneously earning an MA in international affairs from George Washington University.

[2] Beginning in September 1970, he served in Washington, DC, as chief of the Strategic Mobility and Readiness Team in the Planning and Programming Analysis Directorate of the Office of the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army.

He commanded the 4th Advanced Individual Training Brigade in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, prior to his appointment as division engineer of the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Middle East, in Saudi Arabia; a position he held until July 1978.