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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30 Jul 1881 West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States - 21 Jun 1940 photo
29 Jan 1871 Wiesbaden, Germany - 17 Apr 1951 photo
12 May 1870 Portsmouth, Virginia, United States - 08 Jul 1930 photo
26 Sep 1856 York, Virginia, United States - 13 Jul 1926




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