Category: Marine Corps Brevet Medal
Categories: Obsolete US Military Decorations
- This category contains profiles of recipients of this award.
The
Marine Corps Brevet Medal, also known as the Brevet Medal, was a military decoration of the United States Marine Corps; it was created in 1921 as a result of Marine Corps Order Number 26. The decoration was a one-time issuance and retroactively recognized living Marine Corps officers who had received a brevet rank. The similar practice of frocking continues in all five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.
See Wikipedia:Marine Corps Brevet Medal
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Person Profiles (5)
Smedley Butler
30 Jul 1881 West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States - 21 Jun 1940
John Myers
29 Jan 1871 Wiesbaden, Germany - 17 Apr 1951
Wendell Neville
12 May 1870 Portsmouth, Virginia, United States - 08 Jul 1930
David Porter
29 Apr 1877 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 25 Feb 1944
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