This Military Service Page was created/owned by
CWO2 Philip E. Montroy
to remember
Marine MGen Ralph Spanjer ("Smoke").
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Contact Info
Home Town Hillside
Last Address Delafield, WI
Date of Passing Feb 08, 1999
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
MajGen Spanjer retired from the USMC on Jan. 1, 1978 after 36-years of a very active career.
Other Comments:
In 1978, MajGen Spanjer became the Superintendent of the Marine Military Academy. He stayed in that position until 1984. After moving to North Carolina, and then Alaska, he accepted the position of President of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in WI in 1994. In this position he oversaw the merger of the Academy with Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Lake Geneva, WI.
Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron 114 (VMF(AW)-114) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and continued in service until their deactivation in July 1965 . Known as the “Death Dealers”, they made their biggest mark providing close air support during the Battle of Peleliu and remain in an inactive status today.
