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Four Star General Dennis L. Via Awarded Kappa Alpha Psi’s Highest Award

Four Star General Dennis L. Via was awarded the 72nd Laurel Wreath today at the Kappa Conclave, the highest award available to a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Bro. General Via is an initiate of Virginia State University’s Alpha Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi and a native of Martinsville, Virginia who joined the Signal Corps on May 18, 1980 after graduating as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Virginia State University. He holds a Master’s Degree from Boston University, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (class of 1991) and the U.S. Army War College (class of 1999).

Bro. General Via is a true man of achievement. He is the first Signal Corps Officer since General Henry H. Arnold to achieve four-star rank and has received awards including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal; the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Defense Superior Service Medal; Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters; Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster;Joint Service Achievement Medal; and the Army Achievement Medal. He is authorized to wear the Master Parachutist Badge, Joint Staff Identification Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge.

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