Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - allegiance: united states of america - serviceyears: 1799 - 1802 - name: '' ' archibald sommers '' ' - branch: united states marine corps - rank: sergeant major Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of archibald sommers .
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archibald sommers -lrb- or summers -rrb- was the first member of the united states marine corps to be promoted to the rank of sergeant major .he joined the marine corps in june 1799 , was promoted to sergeant major on january 1 , 1801 , and was discharged in june 1802 .