McClellan, Edwin, LtCol

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Last Primary MOS
0302-Infantry Officer
Last MOSGroup
 Infantry
Primary Unit
1935-1936, 0302, Marine Barracks Cavite, PI
Service Years
1907 - 1936
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Golden Dragon Certificate
Order of the Rock Certificate
Shellback Certificate
Suez Canal Certificate
Officer Collar Insignia
Lieutenant Colonel

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
 Year of Birth
1881
 
This Military Service Page was created/owned by CWO2 Philip E. Montroy to remember Marine LtCol Edwin McClellan.

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Contact Info
Home Town
Philadelphia		 Last Address
Philadelphia, PA
Date of Passing
Jul 25, 1936		  

 Official Badges 

French Fourragere USMC Retired Pin (20 Years)


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Dragon Marine Recruiter Golden Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
  1921, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:

LtCol McClellan retired fromthe USMC on June30, 1934.  He returned to Philadelphia for a short time before moving to Honolulu, Hawaii.  In 1941, he moved back to Philadelphia where he lived until his death.
   
Other Comments:

LtCol McClellan is best remembered for being the first Director of the Historical Section, HQMC.  This would later become the Marine Corps History Division.

Edwin North (Ned) McClellan was a accomplished istorian and prolific writer.  His published works consist of more than a hundred articles and books, some of which include:
                                     The True Sandino
                                      Uniforms of the American Marines, 1775 to 1829
                                       How the Marine Band Started
                                      The United States Marine Corps in the World War
                                      Paradise of the Pacific

 
   
  1918-1919, 0302, Marine Barracks Quantico, VA
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Marine Barracks Quantico, VA
Hamilton, George, Maj, (1913-1922) 3 0302 Captain
Stockton, James Roosevelt, Capt, (1917-1919) 3 0302 Captain
Zane, Randolph Talcott, Maj, (1909-1918) 3 0302 Captain
Clement, William Tardy, LtGen, (1917-1952) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Muth, Laurence Fogg, 2ndLt, (1912-1920) 3 0302 Second Lieutenant
Powers, William Channing, Col, (1906-1946) 3 0301 Major
Goettge, Frank Bryan, Col, (1917-1942) 3 0301 Second Lieutenant
Gardner, Charles Joseph, Cpl, (1918-1919) 3 0333 Corporal
Olds, Clint, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 Corporal
Pate, James Adrian, Cpl, (1917-1919) 3 Corporal
Sypniewski, Bernard, PFC, (1918-1920) 3 0300 Private 1st Class
Thompson, Cecil B., Sgt, (1917-1923) 3 Private 1st Class
Brown, William Henry, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0311 Private
Courtney, Daniel G, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0300 Private
Cox, Walter J, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0311 Private
Gardner, Charles, PFC, (1918-1919) 3 0333 Private
Gilbert, Howard F, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Greenspan, Harry, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Hall, Melvin Kester, Pvt, (1917-1919) 3 0311 Private
Hall, Melvin Kester, Pvt, (1917-1919) 3 0311 Private
Hartzell, Phillip W, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Hawk, Russel S, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0300 Private
Hedrick, Ora Loyd, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0300 Private
Heil, Howard A, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Lawrentz, Herbert F, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0311 Private
Lease, Frank V, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0300 Private
McGrath, James, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Miller, Milton G, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Sallinger, Lloyd A, Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 0300 Private
Stephens, Harry G., Pvt, (1918-1919) 3 0300 Private
Trotter, John A., Pvt, (1918-1918) 3 Private
Waugh, Tyrell Thomas, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 0331 Private
Lejeune, John Archer, LtGen, (1890-1929) 1 Major General
Doyen, Charles Augustus, BGen, (1881-1918) 99 9903 Brigadier General
Lejeune, John Archer, LtGen, (1890-1929) 1 Brigadier General
Brewster, David, BGen, (1910-1945) 75 7598 Major
Miller, Lyle H, BGen, (1914-1945) 0 00X Captain
McHenry, George Wilbure, BGen, (1916-1945) 99 9911 First Lieutenant
Blazek, Jerry William, Maj, (1913-1945) OF Quartermaster Sergeant
Jones, William, Sgt(M), (1906-1935) 33 3371 Sergeant
Thompson, John P, Sgt, (1917-1918) OF 528 Sergeant
Hurst, Louis Edward, Cpl, (1917-1919) 80 Corporal
Laws, Charles Thomas, Sgt, (1911-1918) 0 Corporal
Edwards, Wesley Orville, Pvt, (1917-1918) 80 Private
Plato, Robert William, Pvt, (1918-1919) 0 00E Private
Yandl, Anthony, Pvt, (1910-1918) 80 Private
Yeck, Homer, PFC, (1918-1919) Private
Olson, Edward Andrew, Pvt, (1917-1918) 3 Private
Butler, Smedley, MGen, (1889-1931) Colonel
Catlin, Albertus, BGen, (1892-1919) Colonel
Thacher, Miles Russell, Col, (1909-1945) OF Major
Vogel, Clayton, MGen, (1904-1946) Major
Burwell, Edward Langworthy, Maj, (1917-1935) Captain
Creesy, Andrew, MGen, (1917-1951) Captain
Cornell, Percy, Maj, (1917-1939) First Lieutenant
Edson, Merritt, MGen, (1916-1947) First Lieutenant
Alburger, Ralph Coleman, Maj, (1917-1945) Second Lieutenant
Bourdette, Vernon, 1stLt, (1916-1921) Second Lieutenant
Puller, Lewis Burwell, LtGen, (1918-1955) Second Lieutenant

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