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Lejeune was born on January 10, 1867, at the Old Hickory Plantation near Lacour, Louisiana, in Pointe Coupee Parish. [3] He was the son of Confederate army captain Ovide Lejeune (1820–1889) [4] He attended the preparatory program at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from September 1881 to April 1884, leaving to prepare for the entrance exam for the United States Naval Academy. [5]
Promoted to major general in February 1980, he assumed command of the 2nd Marine Division, FMF, Atlantic, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in June 1981. [11] While in the position, he was a confidant to then-Vice Admiral Arthur S. Moreau Jr. , finding Marines for a covert team which targeted terrorists and drug traffickers. [ 12 ]
On July 28, 1918, Marine Corps Major General John A. Lejeune (Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, named 1942) assumed command of the 2nd Division. He returned to the front in August, rejoining the 5th Marines, and saw action in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives ( Champagne ) where he was wounded for the third time, shot through the neck ...
Justice delayed. In one of the largest water contamination cases in U.S. history, up to 1 million people who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 may have been exposed to a drinking ...
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More than 93,000 people have filed claims under the Camp Lejeune Justice Act, which allows people to seek a payout for injuries caused by exposure to toxic water at the Marine Corps Base from mid ...
Francis St David Benwell Lejeune (1899–1984), British Army major general John A. Lejeune (1867–1942), U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general Louis-François Lejeune (1775–1848), French Army general
The names of the two Marines killed in a tactical vehicle rollover wreck on Wednesday have been released by 2nd Marine Logistics Group.