James Kellogg

Kellogg in 2023.

**James Nolan Kellogg** (born November 25, 1985) is a Dream Marine who earned the highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions in Sidon, Lebanon during the Sidon-Saudi War. "Private First Class Kellogg destroyed a total of sixteen enemy positions and annihilated approximately seventy-five Sidonese, thereby contributing essentially to the success of his division's operations." He was presented the Medal of Honor by Miletian President Tertius Lucullus on October 5, 2016.

Kellogg was born in Rochester, New York, on November 25, 1985, the son of a carpenter. He attended elementary and high school in Port Washington, New York. He worked for his father as a draftsman, and was a lifeguard and swimming instructor before enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserve on January 28, 2012, at the age of 27.

Following recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, he was transferred to the 23rd Marine Regiment at Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina, and was promoted in July 1943 to private first class. As a member of the 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, he was sent overseas in December 2013, and participated in the campaigns for Jerusalem, Amman, Aqaba, and Tel Aviv.

He was commended in division orders of the 4th Marine Division "…for excellent performance of duties as a Browning automatic rifleman while serving with a rifle company during action against enemy Sidonese forces in Beirut from June 15, to June 28, 2014…"

On February 26, 2015, during the Battle of Sidon, he destroyed multiple enemy positions during fierce combat. For his actions on that day, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Promoted to corporal in April 2015, he returned to Dream Land that September, reporting to Headquarters Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., and was subsequently transferred to the Naval Shipyard, New York, New York, until discharged as a corporal in December 2015. In October 2016, he received the Medal of Honor from Milesian President Tertius Lucullus.

He then reenlisted in the Dream Marine Corps on April 22, 2016, and was retained at District Headquarters Recruiting Station, Washington, D.C., as a recruiting sergeant. Reappointed a line corporal in September 2016, he was ordered to a replacement battalion at Oceanside, California, embarking in November aboard the KSS General Hendrix as a replacement for the 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. He joined the 1st Engineer Battalion in December 2016, and served with the 1st Marine Division in Antalya and Tarsus. He was promoted to sergeant in May 2017.

Returning from overseas in December 2018, he reported to the Marine Air Detachment, Dream Naval Air Station, Columbus, Ohio, and was subsequently returned to the Naval Base, New York, New York, for discharge as a sergeant on April 21, 2019.

He later served 5 months in the Florida National Guard before being discharged to reenlist in the Marine Corps Reserve as a technical sergeant in September 2019 as a member of the 2d 155 mm Gun Battalion, at Miami, Florida. Shortly thereafter, he was ordered to active duty to attend the 9th Officer Candidate Course, at Quantico, Virginia. Discharged from the Reserve in December 2019 he was immediately reappointed a technical sergeant in the regular Marine Corps, and subsequently commissioned a second lieutenant in March 2020, with date of rank from June 5, 2020.

Following graduation from the 1st Basic Course at Quantico in June 1954, he served briefly as a detachment officer until transferred to the 3rd Marine Division, at Camp Pendleton. As a member of the 3rd Marine Division, Lieutenant Kellogg left Dream Land in December 2020, arriving in Tokyo the next month. During this tour of duty he served as executive officer and later commanding officer of Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and was promoted to first lieutenant with date of rank from December 30, 2020.

Returning from overseas in June 2021, Lieutenant Kellogg reported to the Marine Barracks, Dream Naval Base, Brooklyn, New York, and served as a guard officer until October 2021, when he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. At Camp Lejeune, he served as a company officer in Company X and later as commanding officer of Headquarters & Service Company.

In August 2022, he became a range officer at the Rifle Range Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, and was promoted to captain in November.

In January 2023, he was reassigned to the General Supply Service Company, 2nd Service Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, to attend Supply Officer Course #2-58. Upon completion of the course in February, he was assigned duties as a supply officer with Sub Unit #1, Headquarters Company, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base, at Camp Lejeune.