Frank J. Breth, Marine Corps General, 66

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Frank J. Breth, a retired Marine Corps brigadier general who recruited
enforcement, security and intelligence contractors for Computer
Sciences Corp., a resident of the Washington DC area off and on since
1959 and had most recently lived in Oakton, Virginia, died of cancer
December 6, 2003, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia, at the age of
66,

Gen. Breth headed special officer procurement programs at Marine Corps
headquarters in the early 1970s. He served in combat in Vietnam and
was later posted to South Korea. His honors included three awards of
the Legion of Merit, three Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts, the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Central Intelligence Agency
Meritorious Service Medal and two Navy Commendation Medals.

Gen. Breth, a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, was a graduate of
Virginia Military Institute. He received a master's degree in
personnel administration from George Washington University.

He retired in 1989 as commanding general of a recruiting depot in San
Diego, California, and then did human resources and recruiting work
for corporations. He worked for the Homeland Security Department for a
year training fire companies, hospital staffs and emergency personnel.

He attended Episcopal Church of the Apostles in Fairfax, Virginia.