Thomas Howard Tackaberry (September 6, 1923 – April 3, 2017) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.

Leading from the front, Lt. Gen. Tackaberry set a high bar for fitness with his men and led them on long training runs", stated Richard Hudson to the 115th congressional session on May 19, 2017.

[4] In 1966 Tackaberry was serving in Vietnam as a lieutenant colonel and earned an oak leaf cluster to his Distinguished Service Cross for heroism near Bồng Sơn, South Vietnam, when he led a search and destroy operation in which a 15-man platoon was pinned down and its leader killed.

His eldest grandson, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew S. Tackaberry took command of the 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment from June 2015 to 2017.

He then transitioned to managing a real estate business and counseling in the military of the Republic of China for BDC Corp. Tackaberry remained dedicated to fitness all his life to include at the age of 93 years old and confined to a wheel chair.