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Julius W. Becton Jr.

1926–2023

Lieutenant General (retired)

U.S. Army; Army Air Corps / OCS 1944–45; 369th Infantry, 93rd Infantry Division (Morotai / Philippines); L Company, 9th Infantry Regiment (Korea); 101st Airborne Division (Vietnam); later VII Corps commander, USAREUR

Documented decorations

Julius W. Becton Jr.’s two Silver Stars, two Bronze Stars, and two Purple Hearts are named in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ #VeteranOfTheDay award list for service that spanned World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. This decorations page records those three types from that VA sentence. Other valor and service medals named by VA (including the Army Distinguished Service Medal) are not re-badged on the decorations row. No extra oak-leaf counts are invented.

Born 29 June 1926 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Becton entered the Army Air Corps in 1944, later fought as a platoon leader with the 9th Infantry in Korea, and served with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam before rising to lieutenant general and VII Corps command in Europe. After retiring in 1983 he directed USAID’s foreign disaster office and FEMA under President Reagan. He died 28 November 2023 at Fort Belvoir at ninety-seven. The Silver Stars, Bronze Stars, and Purple Hearts are the published decoration names placed on this row.

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