Sergeant Pinkerton R. Vaughn , were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the abandonment .
William Oscar Brice , CBE ( December 10 , 1898 – January 30 , 1972 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceGeneral and a veteran of the Korean War , the World War II fight for the Solomon Islands and pre-war expeditionary duty in Haiti and China .
General Charles E. Wilhelm ( born August 26 , 1941 ) is a retired United States Marinemilitary.military_servicegeneral who served two combat tours of duty in Vietnam .
Brigadier General Albertus Wright Catlin of the United States Marinemilitary.military_service( December 1 , 1868 – May 31 , 1933 ) after commanding the 3rd Regiment at Veracruz , Mexico , in 1914 , was issued a commendatory letter by the Secretary of the Navy for courage and skill in leading his command .
Major General Lawrence Herbert Livingston ( born November 5 , 1940 ) is a retired United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceofficer .
Cornell A. Wilson , Jr. is a retired United States Marinemilitary.military_servicemajor general , who served as Director , Reserve Affairs Division , Manpower & Reserve Affairs , Headquarters , U.S. Marine Corps , in Quantico , Virginia .
Edgar R. Huff ( December 2 , 1919 – May 2 , 1994 ) was the first African-American in the United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceto be promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major .
Raymond Frybarger , Jr. ( April 22 , 1923 – September 14 , 1942 ) , was enlisted in the Marinemilitary.military_serviceReserve on April 22 , 1940 .
Ralph Anthony `` Iggy '' Ignatowski ( April 8 , 1926 – March 4–7 , 1945 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceprivate who was captured and killed by the Japanese in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II .
Amphibious Group Five would transport the 2nd Marinemilitary.military_service, Major General Thomas E. Watson , USMC , commanding , with Wright flying his flag from the .
Samuel Gross ( originally Samuel Marguiles ) ( May 9 , 1891–September 13 , 1934 ) was a Private in the United States Marinemilitary.military_service, 23d Company who earned the Medal of Honor for his efforts during the United States occupation of Haiti in 1915 .
Hugh Purvis ( March 5 , 1843 – February 12 , 1922 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the Medal of Honor for actions on board the during the United States 1871 expedition to Korea .
He , along with Bosun 's Mate Alexander MacKenzie , Marinemilitary.military_serviceJohn Coleman , Ordinary Seaman Samuel F. Rogers and fellow Quartermaster William Troy in the attempt to save the life of Lieutenant Hugh McKee , who was mortally wounded in the action .
John Coleman ( October 9 , 1847 – October 30 , 1904 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the United States military 's highest decoration for bravery—the Medal of Honor—for his actions during the Korean Expedition .
Bruno Albert Forsterer ( July 14 , 1869–June 13 , 1957 ) was a U.S . Marinemilitary.military_servicewho received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine American War for `` distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy at Samoa , Philippine Islands , April 1 , 1899 . ''
During this period Ordinary Seaman John Andrews , Chief Quartermaster Patrick H. Grace and two United States Marinemilitary.military_servicePrivates , Michael McNamara and James Dougherty , were awarded the Medal of Honor .
James Dougherty ( November 16 , 1839 – November 25 , 1897 ) was a U.S . Marinemilitary.military_servicethe 1871 Korean Campaign .
Clifton Curtis `` C.C . '' Williams , Jr. ( September 26 , 1932 – October 5 , 1967 ) , ( Major , USMC ) , was an American naval aviator , test pilot , mechanical engineer , Major in the United States Marinemilitary.military_service, and NASA astronaut , who was killed in a plane crash ; he had never been to space .
Michael Joseph McNally ( June 29 , 1860 – November 2 , 1916 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicewho received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Second Samoan Civil War .
Michael Owens ( February 6 , 1837–December 8 , 1890 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean Expedition of 1871 .
Michael McNamara ( 1839–1907 ) was an U.S . Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean Expedition in 1871 .
Howard Major Buckley ( January 23 , 1863–July 2 , 1941 ) , was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War .
William F. Zion ( October 23 , 1872 – March 25 , 1919 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the Medal of Honor during the China Relief Expedition .
Edward Albert Ostermann ( November 23 , 1882 – May 18 , 1969 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicemajor general who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the U.S. occupation of Haiti .
Ross Lindsey Iams ( April 5 , 1879–March 25 , 1952 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicereceived the Medal of Honor for actions in Haiti on November 17 , 1915 .
Ernest Calvin Williams ( August 2 , 1887 in Broadwell , Illinois – July 31 , 1940 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceofficer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 29 , 1916 during the Battle of San Francisco de Macoris which was part of the U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic .
William Robert Button ( December 3 , 1895 – April 15 , 1921 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicecorporal who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in killing Haitian nationalist leader Charlemagne Peralte on October 31–November 1 , 1919 .
Donald Leroy Truesdell ( name changed from `` Truesdale '' to `` Truesdell '' on 25 July 1942 ) ( August 8 , 1906 – September 21 , 1993 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceCorporal who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Occupation of Nicaragua .
Born Donald Patrick Conroy in Atlanta , Georgia USA , he was the eldest of seven children ( five boys and two girls ) born to Marinemilitary.military_serviceDonald Conroy , of Chicago , and the former Frances `` Peggy '' Peek of Alabama .
Donald `` The Great Santini '' Conroy ( April 4 , 1921 – May 9 , 1998 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicecolonel and a member of the famed Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War .
Frederick Clinton Branch ( May 31 , 1922 – April 10 , 2005 ) was the first African-American officer of the United States Marinemilitary.military_service.
Charles Robert Francis ( b : May 19 , 1875 Doylestown , Pennsylvania–July 15 , 1946 ) was a Marinemilitary.military_servicewho received the Medal of Honor for actions on June 21 , 1900 , near Tientsin , China during the Boxer Rebellion .
Megan Malia Leilani McClung ( April 14 , 1972–December 6 , 2006 ) was the first female United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceofficer killed in combat during the Iraq War .
Lieutenant General Alan Shapley ( February 9 , 1903 - May 13 , 1973 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceofficer who survived the sinking of the USS `` Arizona '' during the World War II Attack on Pearl Harbor , and went on to serve with distinction in the Pacific Theater and later in the Korean War .
Lieutenant General Keith J. Stalder is a retired United States Marinemilitary.military_servicegeneral , who last commanded the United States Marine Corps Forces Pacific from August 22 , 2008 to September 2 , 2010 .
Gerald Carthrae Thomas ( October 29 , 1894 – April 7 , 1984 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicegeneral who served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps .
Ernest Ivy `` Boots '' Thomas , Jr. ( March 10 , 1924 – March 3 , 1945 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceplatoon sergeant who was killed in action on March 3 , 1945 during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II .
Harold George Schrier ( October 17 , 1916 – June 3 , 1971 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicelieutenant colonel who served in World War II and the Korean War and received the Navy Cross , the nation 's second highest military award for valor .
PFC . Ramón Núñez-Juárez * ( October 6 , 1932 – September 8 , 1952 ) , born in San Sebastián , Puerto Rico was a member of the United States Marinemilitary.military_service.
Private Rafel Toro ( born in Humacao , Puerto Rico ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceprivate who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his `` extraordinary heroism in battle '' while fighting in Nicaragua during the second Nicaragua campaign in 1927 .
Private Rafel Toro * ( died July 25 , 1927 ) , born in Humacao , Puerto Rico , was a member of the United States Marinemilitary.military_servicewho served in the 2nd Nicaraguan Campaign during the Banana Wars He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross .
Carlton Wayne Kent ( born November 5 , 1957 ) is a retired United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceserved as the 16th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps , assuming the post on April 25 , 2007 until June 9 , 2011 .
Charles Benjamin `` Chuck '' Mawhinney ( born 1949 ) is an Oregon-born American who served in the United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceas a sniper during the Vietnam War .
Major General Logan Feland ( 18 August 1869–17 July 1936 ) was a United States Marinemilitary.military_servicegeneral who last served as Commanding General of the Department of the Pacific .
Although the consensus in early 1917 among aviators and even the N-9s manufacturer was that the N-9 could not be looped , the pioneering early United States Marinemilitary.military_serviceaviator Francis Thomas Evans , Sr. , believed it was possible .