page_title: Opha May Johnson
section_title: Death and burial
hierarchical_section_title: Opha May Johnson / Death and burial
caption_attribution_description: English: Opha May Johnson monument St. Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C
context_page_description: Opha May Johnson was the first woman known to have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. She joined the Marine Corps Reserve on 13 August 1918, officially becoming the first female Marine.
context_section_description: Johnson died on 11 August 1955, at Mount Alto Veterans Hospital in Washington, D.C.  Services were held at Warner E. Pumphrey Funeral Home on Saturday, 13 August, 37 years to the day from when she stood first in the line of women answering the call to become a U.S. Marine. Buried near her husband and parents in Rock Creek Cemetery, her grave was unmarked. In late 2017 the Women Marines Association began raising funds to place a marker at her burial site. On 29 August 2018, she received a grave marker which celebrated 100 years of women in the marines.
caption: Opha May Johnson monument was unveiled on 29 August 2018
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