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  • Keller E. Rockey
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  • Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey (September 22, 1888 – June 6, 1970) commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II and the Third Amphibious Corps during the occupation of North China following the war. For outstanding services with the Third Amphibious Corps, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Army), and for exceptionally meritorious service with the Fifth Marine Division, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Navy). The citation for the latter reads in part:
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  • 1
  • 2
serviceyears
  • 1913
Birth Date
  • 1888-09-22
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death place
Name
  • Keller Emrick Rockey
Type
  • award-star
  • service-star
  • oak
Caption
  • Lieutenant General Keller E. Rockey
Width
  • 106
Ribbon
  • Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon.svg
  • Navy Cross ribbon.svg
  • US Navy Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.png
  • World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • American Defense Service ribbon.svg
  • Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg
  • Navy Distinguished Service ribbon.svg
  • Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg
  • Marine Corps Expeditionary ribbon.svg
  • Mexican Service Medal ribbon.svg
  • Order of the Cloud and Banner 2nd.gif
  • Haitian Campaign Medal ribbon.svg
  • Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg
  • Nicaraguan Campaign ribbon 1933.svg
  • Nicaraguan Medal of Military Merit.png
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
Awards
death date
  • 1970-06-06
Rank
  • 30
Battles
  • World War I
  • *Western Front World War II *Battle of Iwo Jima Chinese Civil War *Operation Beleaguer
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  • Lieutenant General Keller Emrick Rockey (September 22, 1888 – June 6, 1970) commanded the Fifth Marine Division in the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II and the Third Amphibious Corps during the occupation of North China following the war. For outstanding services with the Third Amphibious Corps, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Army), and for exceptionally meritorious service with the Fifth Marine Division, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (Navy). The citation for the latter reads in part:
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