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A graduate of Gettysburg College and a student at Yale prior to
joining the Marine Corps,
Keller Rockey
was awarded the Navy Cross for leading reinforcements to the front line
in the battle of Chateau-Thierry in the First World War. He subsequently commanded a district of the Haiti Gendarmerie.
Rockey served at
the Marine Corps Headquarters in Washington early in the Pacific War,
rising to the position of Assistant Commandant of the Corps. He then commanded the untried
5
Marine Division in the assault on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima.
| 1888-9-22
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Born at Columbia City, Indiana |
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| 1913-11-18
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Second
lieutenant |
Commissioned in the Marine Corps |
| 1915-5 |
BB Nebraska |
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| 1917-6 |
5
Marine Regiment, France |
|
| 1919 |
Haiti Gendarmerie |
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| 1921 |
Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. |
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| 1924 |
Field Officers' Course |
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| 1925-7 |
Command and General Staff School |
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| 1926-6 |
Instructor, Department of
Tactics, Marine Corps Schools |
|
| 1928-1 |
Major |
Commander, 1 Battalion, 11 Artillery Regiment, 2 Marine
Brigade, Nicaragua |
| 1928-11 |
Intelligence, operations, and
training officer, Marine Corps Base, San
Diego |
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| 1934-6 |
Chief, War Plans Division,
Headquarters Marine Corps |
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| 1939-7 |
War Plans, Navy Department |
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| 1941-8 |
Colonel |
Chief of staff, 2
Marine Division |
| 1942-8 |
Director, Division of Plans and
Policies, Headquarters Marine Corps |
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| 1943-8 |
Brigadier general |
Assistant Commandant of the Corps |
| 1944-2-4 |
Major general |
Commander, 5
Marine Division |
| 1945-6-25 |
Commander, III
Amphibious Corps |
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| 1946-9 |
Commander, Department of the
Pacific, San Francisco |
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| 1947-1-1 |
Lieutenant general (temporary)
|
Commander, Fleet Marine Force,
Atlantic |
| 1949-7-1 |
Major general |
Commander, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco |
| 1950-9-1 |
Lieutenant general |
Retires |
| 1970-6-6 |
Dies at Harwich Port,
Massachusetts |
References
ArlingtonCemetary.net (accessed 2010-3-18)
U.S. Marine
Corps Historical Division (accessed 2008-1-28)
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