Edson, Merritt, MGen

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Major General
Primary Unit
1947-1947, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
Service Years
1916 - 1947
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Major General

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  1937-1939, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
From Month/Year
- / 1937 		To Month/Year
- / 1939
Unit
Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) Unit Page
Rank
Major		 MOS
Not Specified
Base, Station or City
Shanghai		State/Country
China
  
 
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Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)
Type
Support 		 
Parent Unit
Major Commands 		Strength
Unit
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Last Updated: Apr 6, 2020
   
Memories For This Unit

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Foreign duty as operations officer with the 4th Marines in Shanghai, China, from 1937 to 1939, enabled Maj Edson to observe closely Japanese military operations. The knowledge thus gained stood him in good stead during the Pacific war.

   
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Ostermann, Edward A, MGen, (1907-1943) 99 9903 Brigadier General
Price, Charles, LtGen, (1906-1945) 99 9903 Brigadier General
Rowell, Ross E, LtGen, (1906-1946) Brigadier General
Vandegrift, Alexander Archer, Gen, (1909-1948) Brigadier General
Hill, Walter, BGen, (1904-1945) Colonel
Maas, Melvin, MGen, (1917-1952) Colonel
Ostermann, Edward A, MGen, (1907-1943) 99 9905 Colonel
Rowell, Ross E, LtGen, (1906-1946) Colonel
Thomas, Gerald, Gen, (1917-1956) Colonel
Underhill, James, LtGen, (1913-1946) Colonel
Vandegrift, Alexander, Gen, (1909-1947) Colonel
Watson, Thomas Eugene, LtGen, (1912-1950) 99 9906 Colonel
Creesy, Andrew, MGen, (1917-1951) Lieutenant Colonel
Del Valle, Pedro, LtGen, (1915-1948) 99 9910 Lieutenant Colonel
Hermle, Leo D, LtGen, (1917-1949) 3 0302 Lieutenant Colonel
Maas, Melvin, MGen, (1917-1952) Lieutenant Colonel
Moore, James T., LtGen, (1916-1946) 99 9905 Lieutenant Colonel
Mulcahy, Francis Patrick, LtGen, (1917-1946) 75 7598 Lieutenant Colonel
Rogers, Harlan, LtCol, (1939-1963) 75 7308 Lieutenant Colonel
Shepherd, Lemuel C, Gen, (1917-1956) Lieutenant Colonel
Thomason, John W, Col, (1918-1944) Lieutenant Colonel
Wallace, William, LtGen, (1917-1952) OF 1055 Lieutenant Colonel
Adams, John Porter, LtCol, (1915-1945) Major
Brunelli, Austin Roger, BGen, (1928-1962) 3 0302 Major
Creesy, Andrew, MGen, (1917-1951) Major
Creesy, Andrew, MGen, (1917-1951) Major
Day, Karl Schmolsmire, LtGen, (1917-1957) 75 7598 Major
Fordney, Chester, Col Major
McQueen, John Crawford, LtGen, (1921-1958) 3 0302 Major
Phillips, Claude Andrew, Maj, (1913-1939) Major
Schilt, Christian, Gen, (1917-1957) Major
Silverthorn, Merwin H, LtGen, (1918-1954) Major
Weeman, Franklin, LtCol Major
Williams, Alford, Maj 75 7302 Major
Brown, Julian, Capt, (1917-1945) Captain
Clifford, Nathaniel Stone, LtCol, (1928-1943) 75 7598 Captain
Hakala, Edwin, Maj, (1917-1940) Captain
Jerome, Clayton, LtGen, (1922-1959) Captain
Rogers, Otho Larkin, Maj, (1932-1942) 3 0302 Captain
Williams, Robert Hugh, BGen, (1929-1956) 3 0302 Captain
Chapman, Leonard, Gen, (1935-1971) First Lieutenant
Holdrege, Willard B, 1stLt, (1939-1944) First Lieutenant
Ramsey, Frederic, Capt, (1930-1942) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Reger, Verol Lawrence, 1stLt, (1941-1944) 23 2305 First Lieutenant
Campbell, William Todd, Maj, (1939-1944) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Churchill, Walter, MGen, (1922-1963) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Cogswell, Charles L, BGen, (1933-1959) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Coursey, John Paul, BGen, (1937-1967) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Cushman, Robert, Gen, (1935-1975) Second Lieutenant
Finucane, Arthur Ernest, 2ndLt, (1936-1942) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Heritage, Gordon W, LtCol, (1924-1946) 75 7598 Second Lieutenant
Krohn, Joseph Abraham, Capt, (1938-1942) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Kurtis, William, BGen, (1936-1956) 75 7503 Second Lieutenant
Couts, Marcus, Capt, (1922-1945) 8014 Warrant Officer
Diamond, Leland Stanford, MGySgt, (1917-1945) 3 0369 Master Gunnery Sergeant
Davis, Jack, SgtMaj, (1922-1946) 99 9999 First Sergeant
Kuhn, Jack, GySgt, (1950-1954) 3 0369 First Sergeant

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