Lt. Gen. Vald Heiberg, 81, Led Army Corps Through Ups and Downs in 1970s and 80s
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Lt. Gen. Elvin R. "Vald" Heiberg III, who became, in 1984, the youngest U.S. Army officer to lead the Corps of Engineers since the 19th century but who also expressed some post-Hurricane Katrina regret over his role in the agency's earlier actions and decisions in construction of regional defenses, died on Sept. 27 in Arlington, Va., at age 81.
The cause was cancer, says a spokesman for Dawson & Associates, the lobbying firm for which he was senior adviser.