Sennewald was born on November 21, 1929, in St. Louis, Missouri as the only child of Ferdinand and Mabel Sennewald.[2][3][4] He was commissioned in 1951 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps upon graduation from Iowa State University with a degree in physical education. While at Iowa State he was affiliated with Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Sennewald is an Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award winner.
Military career
Sennewald at Nightmare Range, South Korea in 1984
Sennewald's assignments included command of: 6th Battalion, 15th Artillery Regiment in Vietnam; Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Carson, Colorado; and the United States Army Training Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He also served as Assistant Chief of Operations (C3/J3) for the ROK/US Forces in Korea, and Deputy Commander, United States Pacific Command.
Sennewald retired from the United States Army in 1986. In 1994, he established Sennewald Associates which does consulting work on national security issues,[5] and has served as Chairman of the Army and Air Force Mutual Aid Association, on the board of the Armed Services YMCA,[6] and on the Advisory Council of the United States Field Artillery Association.[7] He died on March 17, 2023, at the age of 93.[8][9]
