Dewitt Peck

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DeWitt Peck
Major General DeWitt Peck
Born	(1894-05-29)May 29, 1894 Bakersfield, California
Died	January 13, 1973(1973-01-13) (aged 78) Andrews Air Force Base Hospital
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1915–1946
Rank	Major General
Commands held	4th Marine Regiment Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Chinese Civil War
Awards	Legion of Merit (2) Purple Heart

DeWitt Peck (May 29, 1894 – January 13, 1973) was the 18th Assistant to the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Early years

Peck was born May 29, 1894 in Bakersfield, California and after joining the Marine Corps participated in numerous conflicts, rising to the position of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps.

By the time he retired he had achieved the rank of Major General. He died January 13, 1973 in Andrews Air Force Base Hospital.

Major General Peck´s ribbon bar:

1st Row	Legion of Merit with Gold Star		Purple Heart		Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
2nd Row	Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with 2 service stars	World War I Victory Medal w/ two battle clasps		Nicaraguan Campaign Medal (1933)		American Defense Service Medal w/ base clasp
3rd Row	American Campaign Medal	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with three service stars		World War II Victory Medal		Nicaraguan Medal of Merit w/ silver star

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.

"Major General DeWitt Peck, USMC". Who's Who in Marine Corps History. History Division, United States Marine Corps. Retrieved June 22, 2009.

Military offices
Preceded by Pedro del Valle	Commanding General of the 1st Marine Division 8 August 1945 –10 June 1946	Succeeded by

v t e Leadership of the United States Marine Corps

Commandants	Nicholas Burrows Wharton Gale Henderson Harris Zeilin McCawley Heywood Elliott Biddle Barnett Lejeune Neville Fuller Russell Holcomb Vandegrift Cates Shepherd Pate Shoup Greene Chapman Cushman Wilson Barrow Kelley Gray Mundy Krulak Jones Hagee Conway Amos

Assistant Commandants	Cole Lejeune Long Neville Feland Williams Fuller Myers Russell McDougal Little H. Smith Vandegrift Barrett Keyser Schmidt Rockey Peck Turnage Shepherd O. Smith Silverthorn Thomas Pate Megee McCaul Munn Hayes Mangrum Chapman Walt McCutcheon R. Davis Anderson Jaskilka Barrow McLennan Kelley J. Davis Morgan Went J. R. Dailey Boomer Hearney Neal Dake Williams Nyland Magnus Amos Dunford Paxton

Sergeants Major	Bestwick Rauber McHugh Sweet J. W. Daily Puckett Black Massaro Crawford Cleary Sommers Overstreet Lee McMichael Estrada Kent Barrett

Secretary of the Navy (navbox) Four-star generals Headquarters Marine Corps Category

Persondata
Name	Peck, Dewitt
Alternative names
Short description	Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Date of birth	May 29, 1894
Place of birth	Bakersfield, California
Date of death	January 13, 1973
Place of death	Andrews Air Force Base Hospital

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