Thomas, Gerald, Gen

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
General

Last Primary MOS
9903-General Officer

Last MOSGroup
Specific Billet MOS

Primary Unit
1954-1956, 9903, Training and Testing Regiment, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico

Service Years
1917 - 1956

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Missouri

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Contact Info

Last Address Slater
Date of Passing Apr 07, 1984

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

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Unit Assignments

H&S Bn Henderson Hall (HQMC), Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)


	1917-1918, 0311, 6th Marines
	1918-1919, 0302, 6th Marines
	1919-1921, 0302, H&S Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Marines (2/1)
	1921-1923, Marine Barracks Quantico, VA
	1923-1925, MARDET USS Tulsa (PG-22)
	1926-1927, Marine Barracks Charleston, SC
	1928-1928, Marine Barracks Parris Island, SC
	1928-1931, 0302, 1st Marine Brigade, III MEF
	1935-1937, MARDET American Legation, Peking, China
	1937-1938, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
	1938-1941, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, VA
	1941-1941, MSG Det Cairo, Egypt
	1941-1943, 1st Marine Division
	1943-1944, 1st Amphibious Recon Bn, FMFPAC
	1944-1947, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
	1947-1949, Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPAC)
	1949-1950, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
	1950-1951, Landing Force Training Unit (LFTU)
	1951-1952, 1st Marine Division
	1952-1954, 9903, Office of the Commandant of the Marine Corps, H&S Bn Henderson Hall (HQMC)
	1954-1956, 9903, Training and Testing Regiment, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico

Formal Schools and Courses


	1923-1923, Infantry Officer Course (Quantico, Virginia)
	1927-1928, (Army) 640.10 AIT Motor Transport Course (Maryland)
	1932-1934, The Basic School (Pennsylvania)
	1934-1935, Amphibious Warfare School, Senior Course (Virginia)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1915-1915 US Occupation of Haiti
	1917-1918 World War I
	1918-1918 World War I/Aisne-Marne Campaign/Battle of Belleau Wood
	1941-1945 World War II/American Theater
	1942-1942 Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-43)/Battle of Tulagi (including First Savo)
	1943-1944 Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Bougainville
	1953-1953 Korean War/Korean Summer (1953)

Colleges Attended



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