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Wendell Cushing Neville (May 12, 1870 – July 8, 1930) was a major general of the Marine Corps as well as a Medal of Honor recipient and the 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1929 and 1930.
20 mar 2017 · Wendell C. Neville was born at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 12 May 1870. He graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1890 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1892. He was brevetted to captain in 1898 for his outstanding leadership and valor at Guantanamo Bay, and in 1900 he was commended for gallantry ...
WENDELL CUSHING NEVILLE. Class of 1890. Lieutenant Colonel. 2d Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps. April 21-22, 1914. Vera Cruz, Mexico. For distinguished conduct in battle engagements of Vera Cruz 21 and 22 April 1914. In command of the 2d Regiment Marines, Lt. Col. Neville was in both days' fighting and almost continually under fire from soon ...
Major General Wendell Cushing Neville, 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps and Medal of Honor recipient, was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on 12 May 1870. He entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1886 chiefly because no one else in his district desired an appointment to Annapolis that year.
20 apr 2020 · Wendell Cushing Neville, born at Portsmouth, Va., on 12 May 1870, entered the U.S. Naval Academy on 12 September 1886, and was commissioned a 2nd lt. in the Marine Corps on 1 July 1893. In...
Major General Wendell Cushing Neville was a U.S. Marine Corps officer who received the U.S. military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic actions during the Occupation of Veracruz.
U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Wendell Cushing Neville was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during the Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz).
