List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals
Tombstone generals
Table:
Name

Photo

Date of rank (LGEN)

Date retired

Commission [4]

Notes

1
Thomas Holcomb

20 Jan 1942

Jan 1944

1900 (OCS)
(1879–1965) U.S. Minister to South Africa, 1944–1948.

2
Holland M. Smith

28 Feb 1944

May 1946

1905 (OCS)
(1882–1967)

3
Harry Schmidt

01 Mar 1946

Jul 1948

1909 (OCS)
(1886–1968)

4
Allen H. Turnage

04 Oct 1946

Jan 1948

1913 (OCS)
(1891–1971)

5
LeRoy P. Hunt

01 Jul 1949

Jul 1951

1917 (OCS)
(1892–1968)

6
Franklin A. Hart

22 Feb 1951

Aug 1952

1917 (OCS)
(1894–1967)

7
Graves B. Erskine

02 Jul 1951

Jul 1953

1917 (OCS)
(1897–1973) Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, 1953–1961.

8
Gerald C. Thomas

08 Mar 1952

Jan 1956

1917 (OCS)
(1894–1984)

9
Oliver P. Smith

23 Jul 1953

Sep 1955

1917 (OCS)
(1893–1977)

10
William O. Brice

28 Aug 1953

1956

1921 (Citadel)
(1898–1972)

11
Christian F. Schilt

01 Aug 1955

Apr 1957

1919 (OCS)
(1895–1987) Awarded Medal of Honor, 1928.

12
Alfred H. Noble

01 Aug 1955

Nov 1956

1917 (OCS)
(1894–1983)

13
Vernon E. Megee

01 Jan 1956

Nov 1959

1922 (OCS)
(1900–1992)

14
Edwin A. Pollock

01 Jan 1956

Nov 1959

1921 (Citadel)
(1899–1982)

15
Merrill B. Twining

12 Sep 1956

Oct 1959

1923 (USNA)
(1902–1996) Brother of Air Force General Nathan F. Twining.

16
Ray A. Robinson

01 Nov 1956

Nov 1957

1917 (OCS)
(1896–1976)

17
Robert E. Hogaboom

01 Dec 1957

Oct 1959

1925 (USNA)
(1902–1993)

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