Fred W. Vetter, Jr.
Fred William Vetter Jr. (August 13, 1921 – August 8, 2002) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. Vetter was born in Snohomish, Washington in 1921. He graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vetter died on August 8, 2002. Career Vetter was commissioned an officer in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943. He would serve in the final months of World War II. Later he served in the Korean War. In 1955, he was assigned to The Pentagon. After graduating from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1963 he was named Chief of the Programs and Policy Division and Deputy Chief of Staff of Plans of the Military Air Transport Service. In 1965 he was reassigned to The Pentagon and was later selected to become Military Assistant to Secretary of the Air Force Harold Brown. He was later assigned to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In 1969, he was given command of the 436th ...
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Brigadier General (United States)
In the United States Armed Forces, a brigadier general is a one-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A brigadier general ranks above a colonel and below a major general. The pay grade of brigadier general is O-7. It is equivalent to the rank of rear admiral (lower half) in the other United States uniformed services which use naval ranks. It is abbreviated as BG in the Army, BGen in the Marine Corps, and Brig Gen in the Air Force and Space Force. History The rank of brigadier general has existed in the U.S. military since the inception of the Continental Army in June 1775. To prevent mistakes in recognizing officers, a general order was issued on July 14, 1775, establishing that brigadier generals would wear a ribbon, worn across the breast, between coat and waistcoat, pink in color. Later, on June 18, 1780, it was prescribed that brigadier generals would instead wear a single silver star on each epaulette. At first, briga ...
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