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  • Anthony Gale
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  • Anthony Gale was the fourth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and the only one ever fired. Fewer records survive concerning him than any other Commandant. He is the only Commandant for whom the Marines neither know his burial location nor have a portrait or likeness.
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serviceyears
  • 1798
Commands
Branch
  • 21
death place
Name
  • Anthony Gale
Caption
  • Anthony Gale Memorial, Lincoln County Courthouse, Stanford, KY
Birth Place
  • Ireland
Title
death date
  • 1843-12-12
Rank
Image size
  • 200
Battles
  • War of 1812
  • First Barbary War of 1801-1805
  • Quasi-War of 1798-1800
Before
  • BvtMaj Archibald Henderson
Years
  • 1819
After
  • Col Archibald Henderson
abstract
  • Anthony Gale was the fourth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and the only one ever fired. Fewer records survive concerning him than any other Commandant. He is the only Commandant for whom the Marines neither know his burial location nor have a portrait or likeness.