Quinn H. Becker

{{Short description|Surgeon General of the US Army (1930–2022)}}

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| name = Quinn H. Becker

| image = Quinn Henderson Becker.jpeg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|6|11}}

| birth_place = Kirksville, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|3|13|1930|6|11}}

| death_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

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| allegiance = United States of America

| branch = United States Army

| serviceyears = 1956–1988

| rank = Lieutenant general

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| commands = 15th Medical Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)

7th Medical Command

Surgeon General of the United States Army

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| awards = Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit

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Quinn Henderson Becker (June 11, 1930 – March 13, 2022) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He was Surgeon General of the United States Army from February 1985 to May 1988.{{cite web|url=http://history.amedd.army.mil/surgeongenerals/Q_Becker.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203043850/http://history.amedd.army.mil/surgeongenerals/Q_Becker.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2010|title=History|publisher=history.amedd.army.mil|access-date=2014-09-21}} Becker, who attended Louisiana State University's School of Medicine, was an orthopedic surgeon.{{cite book|title=Supplement to Who's who in America|date=1987|issue=v. 44|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|isbn=9780837971001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVFAAQAAIAAJ}} He earned a B.S. degree from Northeast Louisiana State College in 1952 and then received his M.D. degree and Army commission in 1956.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zqRPfg2-KCEC&pg=PA35 |title=Army Executive Biographies |chapter=Lieutenant General Quinn H. Becker |date=1985 |page=35 |publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army |access-date=2021-04-19}} Before this stint as surgeon general, Becker was commandant of the United States Army Academy of Health Sciences, Deputy Surgeon General of the Army, and Chief Surgeon of the U.S. European Command. He was promoted to lieutenant general in March 1985. Becker died on March 13, 2022, at the age of 91.{{cite web|url=https://www.porterloring.com/obituaries/Quinn-H-Becker-MD?obId=24314934|title=Obituary of Quinn H. Becker, M.D.|access-date=March 25, 2022|website=Porter Loring Mortuaries}}