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Leonard Fielding Chapman Jr. (November 3, 1913 – January 6, 2000) was a United States Marine Corps general who served as the 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1968 to 1972. He was a World War II combat veteran, decorated for his actions in the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Okinawa.
leonard fielding chapman, jr., usmc (deceased) General Leonard Fielding Chapman, Jr., 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born 3 November 1913, in Key West, Florida, and graduated from high school in DeLand, Florida.
Mar 1, 2024 · Leonard F. Chapman Jr., 86, a retired general and former commandant of the Marine Corps who supervised the corps' withdrawal from the Vietnam War and led it through a period of heightened social and racial tensions, died of cancer January 6, 2000 at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Virginia.
On 1 January 1968, General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. was sworn in as the 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps at a brief White House ceremony. The 53-year-old Commandant assumed leadership of a Marine Corps that was larger than at any time since the end of World War II, with more than 300,000 Marines on the rolls.
Jan 11, 2000 · Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., the former commandant of the Marine Corps who guided the service through the height of the Vietnam War and the social and racial upheavals of that era, died of cancer...
Apr 15, 2008 · general leonard f. chapman, jr., u.s. marine corps, retired, who served as the twenty-fourth commandant of the marine corps. 2. general chapman was born november 3, 1913, in key west, florida.
Jan 10, 2000 · Leonard F. Chapman Jr., 86, a retired general and former commandant of the Marine Corps who supervised the corps' withdrawal from the Vietnam War and led it through a period of heightened...
Jun 30, 2017 · My Father’s War, and Mine. The author shaking hands with Gen. Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. the 24th Commandant of the Marine Corps in Quang Tri Vietnam in 1968. Gretchen Ertl for The New York...
General Leonard Fielding Chapman, Jr. died on 6 January 2000 at age 86 from complications resulting from cancer. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, in Section 11, Lot 215-B, Map Grid N/13.
the death, on january 6, 2000, of general leonard f. chapman, jr., u.s. marine corps, retired, former commandant of the marine corps. 2. in accordance with the reference all bases and stations are
