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Marine MGen Clarence Schmid.
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Home Town San Diego
Last Address Chula Vista, CA
Date of Passing Aug 23, 1977
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Last Known Activity:
MajGen Schmid retired with 34-years of service on August 15, 1977. On August 23, 1977 he died at his home in Chula Vista, CA.
1968-1970, 9904, 2nd FSR Force Troops, 2nd Marine Division
Activated 1 August 1944 at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, as 8th Field Depot, Supply Service, Fleet Marine Force
The unit participated in the following World War II Campaign at Iwo Jima
Relocated during April 1945 to Hilo, Territory of Hawaii
Redesignated 1 June 1945 as 8th Service Regiment, Service Command, Fleet Marine Force
Relocated during September 1945 to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and reassigned to 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Redesignated 15 October 1946 as 2d Combat Service Group, Medium, 2d Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force
Redesignated 17 April 1947 as 2d Combat Service Group, Medium, Service Command, Fleet Marine Force
1950-1959
Assigned 1 April 1951 to Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as 2d Combat Service Group, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Redesignated 1 March 1957 as Force Service Regiment, Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Elements participated in the Landings in Lebanon, July-November 1958
1960-1987
Elements participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis, October-December 1962
Elements participated in the intervention in the Dominican Republic, April-June 1965
Redesignated 1 October 1975 as Force Troops/2d Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Redesignated 30 June 1978 as 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Elements participated as part of the multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon, August 1982-February 1984
1988-Present
Elements participated in the Persian Gulf, January-June 1988
Redesignated 30 June 1989 as 2d Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
Elements provided disaster relief support to Charleston, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Hugo, September-October 1989
Elements participated in Operation Just Cause, December 1989
Participated in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Southwest Asia, as the Direct Support Command, and with other elements of 1st Force Service Support Group, December 1990-March 1991
Elements participated in Operation Provide Comfort, Iraq, April-July 1991
Elements participated in Haitian refugee operations, Cuba, November 1991-October 1994
Elements provided disaster relief support to Dade County, Florida, after Hurricane Andrew, September -October 1992
Redesignated 1 September 1992 as 2d Force Service Support Group, U.S. Marine Forces, Atlantic
Elements participated in Operation Provide Promise, Bosnia, July-August 1994
Elements participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Cuba, January-April 2002
Deployed during December 2002 to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq, March-June 2003, March 2005-February 2006, February 2007-February 2008 and January 2009-January 2010
Redesignated 9 November 2005 as 2nd Marine Logistics Group
Elements participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, March 2009-March 2010
