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John Archer Lejeune (/ l ə ˈ ʒ ɜːr n / lə-ZHURN; [2] January 10, 1867 – November 20, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general and the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Lejeune served for nearly 40 years in the military, and commanded the U.S. Army's 2nd Division during World War I .
Over 86 years, the Marine Corps awarded 121 brevet promotions to 100 Marine Corps officers. Captain Anthony Gale was the first to receive a brevet promotion in 1814, and John Twiggs Myers, who died in 1952, was the last surviving recipient. In 1921, Commandant John A. Lejeune requested that a Marine Corps Brevet Medal be authorized. After it ...
In 1921 John A. Lejeune, Commandant of the Marine Corps, requested that a Marine Corps Brevet Medal be authorized; after it was approved and created, the decoration was given to the last 20 living Marine Corps officers who received brevet promotions.
John A. Lejeune: Thomas Lemar: World Cup winning footballer Curtis LeMay: Lyman Lemnitzer: Janez Lenarčič: Slovene diplomat Charles-Amable Lenoir: 1860 – 1926 French painter Knight Aimé Lepercq: Eugène Lepoittevin: Henry Lerolle [10] 1848 – 1929 French painter Knight (1902) Jean-François Le Sueur: French Composer Victor Levasseur ...
*John A. Lejeune 5 1927 Erie, PA *John A. Lejeune 6 1928 Dallas, TX *John A. Lejeune 7 1929 Cincinnati, OH *John A. Lejeune *Wendell C. Neville 8 1930 St Louis, MO *W. Karl Lations 9 1931 Buffalo, NY *W. Karl Lations 1932 NO CONVENTION *Carlton A. Fisher 10 1933 Chicago, IL *Carlton A. Fisher 11 1934 Denver, CO *Carlton A. Fisher 12 1935 Newark ...
Veteran of Vietnam War and Gulf War; Previously served as commanding general of Camp Lejeune; Navy Cross, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, two awards of Legion of Merit, four awards of Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", five awards of Purple Heart: 45 Emil R. Bedard: Major general: July 25, 1997: June 29, 1999
John F. Mackie – first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor [5] David M. Shoup – was a general of the United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II , served as the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps , and, after retiring, became one of the most prominent critics of the Vietnam War .
John A. Lejeune (1867–1942) 1 July 1920: 4 March 1929: ... Recipient of the Medal of Honor and Marine Corps Brevet Medal: 15: Major General Ben H. Fuller (1870–1937)