| Birth: | Feb. 10, 1896
Norfolk
Norfolk City
Virginia, USA | | Death: | Aug. 6, 1990
La Jolla
San Diego County
California, USA | 
United States Marine Corps Officer. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1917 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps the same year. He immediate went to France and served with the Fifth Marine Regiment in World War I. He was a Colonel at the start of World War II, and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1943. After taking part in the assault on Guam, he was promoted to Major General and placed in command of the Sixth Marine Division, which he led in the capture of Okinawa in 1945. Promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed Commander of the Fleet Marine Force in 1950, he was present at the amphibious landing at Inchon in Korea. He was appointed twentieth Commandant of the Marine Corps in 1952 and held the post until his retirement in 1956. (bio by: Garver Graver)
Family links:
Spouse:
Virginia Tunstall Driver Shepherd (1898 - 1989)*
Children:
Wilson Eliot Driver Shepherd (1928 - 2012)*
Virginia Cartwright Shepherd Ord (1929 - 2006)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Lemuel Shepherd | | | Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 7, Site 8195-A |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Garver Graver
Record added: Apr 17, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7362870 |
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