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Randolph McCall Pate (February 11, 1898 – July 31, 1961) was a United States Marine Corps general who served as the 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959. Pate was a veteran of World War II, seeing action at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, and later served in Korea, and pre-war expeditionary service in Santo Domingo and China .
General Randolph McCall Pate, 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps, was born in Port Royal, South Carolina, on 11 February 1898. After a brief tour of enlisted service with the U.S. Army in 1918, he entered the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in June 1921 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In 1956, the Drum & Bugle Corps was designated the official United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps by General Randolph M. Pate, the 21st Commandant of the Marine Corps.
As General Randolph M. Pate, the division's commander, immediately realized: "The loss of Outpost Vegas... placed Berlin and East Berlin in very precarious positions and negated their being supported by ground fire except from the MLR."
- 7-27 July 1953
- Northeast of Panmunjom, Korea
Gen. Randolph Pate Dead at 63; Commandant of Marines, '56-60; Instituted Sweeping Reforms After 6 Trainees Drowned on Disciplinary March. Share full article.
Randolph McCall Pate (February 11, 1898 – July 31, 1961) was the twenty-first Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959. Pate was a veteran of World War II, seeing action at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima and later served in Korea, and pre-war expeditionary service in Santo Domingo and China...
RANDOLPH PATE. Randolph McCall Pate. DATE OF BIRTH: February 11, 1898. PLACE OF BIRTH: Port Royal, South Carolina. After a brief tour of enlisted service with the U.S. Army in 1918,...
