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Home Town Shandaken Ulster Co.
Last Address Roswell, New Mexico
Date of Passing Mar 02, 1992
Location of Interment Santa Fe National Cemetery (VA) - Santa Fe, New Mexico
LtGen. James Profit Riseley, A veteran of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan,and Tinian, he earned
the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal during WW II combat. Born 7 May 1898, at Shandaken, Ulster County, New York, LtGen. Riseley entered the US Naval Academy during
WW I and upon graduation in 1922, was commissioned a Marine 2nd Lt. that summer he
entered the Marine officers Basic School at Quantico.
In June 1949,he was ordered to Princeton University, where he commanded the Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit and was Professor of Naval Science. He was
promoted to BGen.in Jan.1951,and that July began an eighteen month assignment as
Chief of Staff of theMarine Corps School at Quantico.
He was promoted to MajGen. in September 1953, and to LtGen. upon retiredment in July 1959,
by reason of having been specially commended in combat !
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps. It is located on the Southern California coast, in San Diego County, and bordered by Oceanside to the south, Cleveland National Forest, Orange and Riverside counties to the north, and Fallbrook to the east.
The base is split into North and South and was established in 1942 to train U.S. Marines for service in World War II. By October 1944, Camp Pendleton was declared a "permanent installation" and by 1946, it became the home of the 1st Marine Division. It was named after Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), who had long advocated setting up a training base for the Marine Corps on the west coast. Today it is the home to myriad Operating Force units including the I Marine Expeditionary Force and various training commands.
