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*Taken from the Arlington National Cemetery Website:
He entered the Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant for the war with Spain on August 8, 1898. The next year he received a permanent commission as a First Lieutenant and eventually attained the rank of Brigadier General on November 12, 1929.
General Dunlap was attached from May 1899 to May 1902 to the Marine battalion serving in the Philippine Islands and during this period served in China from June 25, 1900 to October 9, 1900 and participated in the Battle of Tientsin. He served on the Isthmus of Panama and in 1914 participated in the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
General Dunlap received an award of a citation certificate by General Pershing for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the Seventeenth Field Artillery and the Navy Cross for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service as regimental commander of the Seventeenth Field Artillery during the Argonne-Meuse campaign.
In 1919 and 1920, General Dunlap completed the course at the Army General Staff College and from 1922 to 1924 he commanded the Marine detachment on duty at the American Legation in Peking, China. After that duty he was assigned to command the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Virginia, where he remained until January 1928 when he went to Nicaragua to take command of the Eleventh Regiment of Marines and later the Second Brigade. For his service he has been recommend for the award of the Distinguished Service Medal. He returned to the United States in August 1929.
General Dunlap was commended and received the Presidential Medal of Merit of Nicaragua for service in Nicaragua. He also received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as commanding officer of the Eleventh Regiment and as commanding officer of the Second Brigade in Nicaragua.
On January 25, 1930 he was appointed to command of the Marine Corps base at San Diego, California. He performed this duty until December 26, 1930 when he returned to headquarters in Washington preparatory to going to France.
U.S. GENERAL GIVES LIVE TO SAVE WOMAN
TOURS, France, May 20, 1931 the body of Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the United States Marine Corps, was recovered from beneath 20 feet of boulders and debris today. Death must have been instantaneous, surgeons said.
The woman, Mrs. Denis Briant, had both of her legs crushed by the landslide which crashed down from the hills yesterday, but she may live to justify the heroic efforts of the man who successfully shielded her body with his own. The body of her husband, was found hours later.
PARIS, France, May 23, 1931
Impressive funeral services were held today in the American Cathedral for Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the Untied States Marine Corps, who was killed Tuesday in a landslide near Tours while attempting to rescue a peasant woman. Although under the care of a physician, Mrs. Dunlap was present throughout the services. Among those present were Ambassador and Mrs. Edge, General Pershing and members of the staff of the United States Embassy.
DUNLAP BURIAL TODAY
Full Military Honors for Officer Killed in French Landslide
WASHINGTON, June 12, 1931 – Full military honors will be accorded the late Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, United States Marine Corps, killed in France on May 19 in a landslide while attempting to rescue a French woman. Services will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in Arlington National Cemetery. They will be conducted by Rev. Edwin B. Niver, USN, retired.
At the age of 25, Brigadier General Robert Henry Dunlap married Katherine Thomas Wood in the District of Columbia, Washington on January 7 1905.
The USS Dunlap (DD-38) was named for him. His widow, Katherine Thomas Wood Dunlap (1884–1970), Christened the ship. The picture on this memorial shows Colonel Robert Henry Dunlap, wearing the Distinguished Shoulder Insignia of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2d Division (US,) A.E.F., on his left shoulder.
(Picture from Naval Historical Center, Photo #: NH 49776).
*Taken from the Arlington National Cemetery Website:
He entered the Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant for the war with Spain on August 8, 1898. The next year he received a permanent commission as a First Lieutenant and eventually attained the rank of Brigadier General on November 12, 1929.
General Dunlap was attached from May 1899 to May 1902 to the Marine battalion serving in the Philippine Islands and during this period served in China from June 25, 1900 to October 9, 1900 and participated in the Battle of Tientsin. He served on the Isthmus of Panama and in 1914 participated in the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
General Dunlap received an award of a citation certificate by General Pershing for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the Seventeenth Field Artillery and the Navy Cross for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service as regimental commander of the Seventeenth Field Artillery during the Argonne-Meuse campaign.
In 1919 and 1920, General Dunlap completed the course at the Army General Staff College and from 1922 to 1924 he commanded the Marine detachment on duty at the American Legation in Peking, China. After that duty he was assigned to command the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Virginia, where he remained until January 1928 when he went to Nicaragua to take command of the Eleventh Regiment of Marines and later the Second Brigade. For his service he has been recommend for the award of the Distinguished Service Medal. He returned to the United States in August 1929.
General Dunlap was commended and received the Presidential Medal of Merit of Nicaragua for service in Nicaragua. He also received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as commanding officer of the Eleventh Regiment and as commanding officer of the Second Brigade in Nicaragua.
On January 25, 1930 he was appointed to command of the Marine Corps base at San Diego, California. He performed this duty until December 26, 1930 when he returned to headquarters in Washington preparatory to going to France.
U.S. GENERAL GIVES LIVE TO SAVE WOMAN
TOURS, France, May 20, 1931 the body of Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the United States Marine Corps, was recovered from beneath 20 feet of boulders and debris today. Death must have been instantaneous, surgeons said.
The woman, Mrs. Denis Briant, had both of her legs crushed by the landslide which crashed down from the hills yesterday, but she may live to justify the heroic efforts of the man who successfully shielded her body with his own. The body of her husband, was found hours later.
PARIS, France, May 23, 1931
Impressive funeral services were held today in the American Cathedral for Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the Untied States Marine Corps, who was killed Tuesday in a landslide near Tours while attempting to rescue a peasant woman. Although under the care of a physician, Mrs. Dunlap was present throughout the services. Among those present were Ambassador and Mrs. Edge, General Pershing and members of the staff of the United States Embassy.
DUNLAP BURIAL TODAY
Full Military Honors for Officer Killed in French Landslide
WASHINGTON, June 12, 1931 – Full military honors will be accorded the late Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, United States Marine Corps, killed in France on May 19 in a landslide while attempting to rescue a French woman. Services will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in Arlington National Cemetery. They will be conducted by Rev. Edwin B. Niver, USN, retired.
At the age of 25, Brigadier General Robert Henry Dunlap married Katherine Thomas Wood in the District of Columbia, Washington on January 7 1905.
The USS Dunlap (DD-38) was named for him. His widow, Katherine Thomas Wood Dunlap (1884–1970), Christened the ship. The picture on this memorial shows Colonel Robert Henry Dunlap, wearing the Distinguished Shoulder Insignia of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2d Division (US,) A.E.F., on his left shoulder.
(Picture from Naval Historical Center, Photo #: NH 49776).
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*Taken from the Arlington National Cemetery Website:
He entered the Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant for the war with Spain on August 8, 1898. The next year he received a permanent commission as a First Lieutenant and eventually attained the rank of Brigadier General on November 12, 1929.
General Dunlap was attached from May 1899 to May 1902 to the Marine battalion serving in the Philippine Islands and during this period served in China from June 25, 1900 to October 9, 1900 and participated in the Battle of Tientsin. He served on the Isthmus of Panama and in 1914 participated in the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
General Dunlap received an award of a citation certificate by General Pershing for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the Seventeenth Field Artillery and the Navy Cross for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service as regimental commander of the Seventeenth Field Artillery during the Argonne-Meuse campaign.
In 1919 and 1920, General Dunlap completed the course at the Army General Staff College and from 1922 to 1924 he commanded the Marine detachment on duty at the American Legation in Peking, China. After that duty he was assigned to command the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Virginia, where he remained until January 1928 when he went to Nicaragua to take command of the Eleventh Regiment of Marines and later the Second Brigade. For his service he has been recommend for the award of the Distinguished Service Medal. He returned to the United States in August 1929.
General Dunlap was commended and received the Presidential Medal of Merit of Nicaragua for service in Nicaragua. He also received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as commanding officer of the Eleventh Regiment and as commanding officer of the Second Brigade in Nicaragua.
On January 25, 1930 he was appointed to command of the Marine Corps base at San Diego, California. He performed this duty until December 26, 1930 when he returned to headquarters in Washington preparatory to going to France.
U.S. GENERAL GIVES LIVE TO SAVE WOMAN
TOURS, France, May 20, 1931 the body of Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the United States Marine Corps, was recovered from beneath 20 feet of boulders and debris today. Death must have been instantaneous, surgeons said.
The woman, Mrs. Denis Briant, had both of her legs crushed by the landslide which crashed down from the hills yesterday, but she may live to justify the heroic efforts of the man who successfully shielded her body with his own. The body of her husband, was found hours later.
PARIS, France, May 23, 1931
Impressive funeral services were held today in the American Cathedral for Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the Untied States Marine Corps, who was killed Tuesday in a landslide near Tours while attempting to rescue a peasant woman. Although under the care of a physician, Mrs. Dunlap was present throughout the services. Among those present were Ambassador and Mrs. Edge, General Pershing and members of the staff of the United States Embassy.
DUNLAP BURIAL TODAY
Full Military Honors for Officer Killed in French Landslide
WASHINGTON, June 12, 1931 – Full military honors will be accorded the late Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, United States Marine Corps, killed in France on May 19 in a landslide while attempting to rescue a French woman. Services will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in Arlington National Cemetery. They will be conducted by Rev. Edwin B. Niver, USN, retired.
At the age of 25, Brigadier General Robert Henry Dunlap married Katherine Thomas Wood in the District of Columbia, Washington on January 7 1905.
The USS Dunlap (DD-38) was named for him. His widow, Katherine Thomas Wood Dunlap (1884–1970), Christened the ship. The picture on this memorial shows Colonel Robert Henry Dunlap, wearing the Distinguished Shoulder Insignia of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2d Division (US,) A.E.F., on his left shoulder.
(Picture from Naval Historical Center, Photo #: NH 49776).
*Taken from the Arlington National Cemetery Website:
He entered the Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant for the war with Spain on August 8, 1898. The next year he received a permanent commission as a First Lieutenant and eventually attained the rank of Brigadier General on November 12, 1929.
General Dunlap was attached from May 1899 to May 1902 to the Marine battalion serving in the Philippine Islands and during this period served in China from June 25, 1900 to October 9, 1900 and participated in the Battle of Tientsin. He served on the Isthmus of Panama and in 1914 participated in the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
General Dunlap received an award of a citation certificate by General Pershing for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the Seventeenth Field Artillery and the Navy Cross for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service as regimental commander of the Seventeenth Field Artillery during the Argonne-Meuse campaign.
In 1919 and 1920, General Dunlap completed the course at the Army General Staff College and from 1922 to 1924 he commanded the Marine detachment on duty at the American Legation in Peking, China. After that duty he was assigned to command the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, Virginia, where he remained until January 1928 when he went to Nicaragua to take command of the Eleventh Regiment of Marines and later the Second Brigade. For his service he has been recommend for the award of the Distinguished Service Medal. He returned to the United States in August 1929.
General Dunlap was commended and received the Presidential Medal of Merit of Nicaragua for service in Nicaragua. He also received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service as commanding officer of the Eleventh Regiment and as commanding officer of the Second Brigade in Nicaragua.
On January 25, 1930 he was appointed to command of the Marine Corps base at San Diego, California. He performed this duty until December 26, 1930 when he returned to headquarters in Washington preparatory to going to France.
U.S. GENERAL GIVES LIVE TO SAVE WOMAN
TOURS, France, May 20, 1931 the body of Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the United States Marine Corps, was recovered from beneath 20 feet of boulders and debris today. Death must have been instantaneous, surgeons said.
The woman, Mrs. Denis Briant, had both of her legs crushed by the landslide which crashed down from the hills yesterday, but she may live to justify the heroic efforts of the man who successfully shielded her body with his own. The body of her husband, was found hours later.
PARIS, France, May 23, 1931
Impressive funeral services were held today in the American Cathedral for Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap of the Untied States Marine Corps, who was killed Tuesday in a landslide near Tours while attempting to rescue a peasant woman. Although under the care of a physician, Mrs. Dunlap was present throughout the services. Among those present were Ambassador and Mrs. Edge, General Pershing and members of the staff of the United States Embassy.
DUNLAP BURIAL TODAY
Full Military Honors for Officer Killed in French Landslide
WASHINGTON, June 12, 1931 – Full military honors will be accorded the late Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, United States Marine Corps, killed in France on May 19 in a landslide while attempting to rescue a French woman. Services will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in Arlington National Cemetery. They will be conducted by Rev. Edwin B. Niver, USN, retired.
At the age of 25, Brigadier General Robert Henry Dunlap married Katherine Thomas Wood in the District of Columbia, Washington on January 7 1905.
The USS Dunlap (DD-38) was named for him. His widow, Katherine Thomas Wood Dunlap (1884–1970), Christened the ship. The picture on this memorial shows Colonel Robert Henry Dunlap, wearing the Distinguished Shoulder Insignia of the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2d Division (US,) A.E.F., on his left shoulder.
(Picture from Naval Historical Center, Photo #: NH 49776).
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Robert Henry Dunlap
Brigadier General
United States Marine Corps
1879-1931
His Beloved Wife
Katherine Wood Dunlap
1884-1970
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