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SUBJ/DEATH OF GENERAL KENNETH MCLENNAN, JR.
/FORMER ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//
REF/A/DOC/SECNAV/-/19900914//
AMPN/REF A IS U.S. NAVY REGULATIONS, 1990//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT I ANNOUNCE THE DEATH
ON 20 SEPTEMBER 2005 OF GENERAL KENNETH MCLENNAN, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
RETIRED, FORMER ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.
2. GENERAL MCLENNAN GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943, AND
RECEIVED HIS B.S. DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO IN 1948. HE ALSO HELD AN M.B.A. DEGREE
IN TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
LOS ANGELES (1961). HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE IN
JANUARY 1943, AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT ON JULY 18,
1945. HE WAS PROMOTED TO FIRST LIEUTENANT IN JULY 1948 WHILE IN AN
INACTIVE DUTY STATUS AND WAS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN MARCH 1951.
FROM MARCH TO JUNE 1951, GENERAL MCLENNAN UNDERWENT TRAINING AT CAMP
PENDLETON, CA. HE ATTENDED THE SPECIAL BASIC OFFICERS SCHOOL,
QUANTICO, VA, FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER 1951, AND IN DECEMBER BEGAN A
TOUR AT MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, SAN DIEGO, CA AS A RECRUIT
COMPANY COMMANDER. HE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN IN JUNE 1952.
GENERAL MCLENNAN PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS IN KOREA AS THE
S-4 OFFICER, 3D BATTALION, 5TH MARINE REGIMENT, 1ST MARINE DIVISION,
FROM JANUARY TO JULY 1953. HE LATER SERVED AS COMMANDING OFFICER,
COMPANY I, 3D BATTALION, 5TH MARINES AND AS ASSISTANT S-3 OFFICER,
5TH MARINES. HE INTEGRATED INTO THE REGULAR MARINE CORPS IN MARCH
1953. HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES IN FEBRUARY 1954, AND SERVED
AS ASSISTANT DIVISION EMBARKATION OFFICER, 2D MARINE DIVISION CAMP
LEJEUNE, NC, UNTIL JUNE 1955 WHEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SALT LAKE
CITY, UT, AS INSPECTOR-INSTRUCTOR, 21ST RIFLE COMPANY, USMCR. HE
WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR IN JULY 1956; AND IN AUGUST 1957, HE ATTENDED
THE AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE SCHOOL, JUNIOR COURSE, QUANTICO, GRADUATING
IN JULY 1958. FROM AUGUST 1958 UNTIL JUNE 1961, GENERAL MCLENNAN
SERVED AS A MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR WITH THE NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER
TRAINING UNIT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES. HE WAS
REASSIGNED TO CAMP PENDLETON, CA, IN JUNE 1961, AND SERVED AS S-4
AND LATER AS S-3 OFFICER, 5TH MARINES. HE ALSO COMMANDED THE 3D
BATTALION, 7TH MARINES PRIOR TO HIS TRANSFER TO OKINAWA IN APRIL
1963, WHERE HE SERVED AS COMMANDING OFFICER, 1ST BATTALION, 9TH
MARINE REGIMENT, 3D MARINE DIVISION. HE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT
COLONEL IN JULY 1963. UPON HIS RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES, HE
COMMANDED 3D BATTALION, 5TH MARINES. GENERAL MCLENNAN WAS THEN
ASSIGNED AS THE DIRECTOR, SERVICES DIVISION, AND LATER AS HEAD,
WAREHOUSE AND TRAFFIC BRANCH, MATERIAL DIVISION, MARINE CORPS SUPPLY
CENTER, ALBANY, GA FROM JUNE 1964 THROUGH JULY 1966. HE COMPLETED
THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE, NEWPORT, RI, IN JUNE 1967, AND WAS ORDERED TO
HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, WASHINGTON, DC, AS HEAD, GENERAL TRAINING
SECTION, TRAINING AND EDUCATION BRANCH, G-3 DIVISION. HE WAS
PROMOTED TO COLONEL IN JULY 1968 AND ASSIGNED AS HEAD, OPERATIONS
BRANCH G-3 DIVISION. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS DIVISION INSPECTOR, 3D
MARINE DIVISION, ON OKINAWA IN DECEMBER 1969, AND ALSO WAS CHIEF OF
STAFF, 11TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE. FROM MAY TO DECEMBER
1970, HE SERVED IN VIETNAM AS DEPUTY G-4, AND LATER AS ASSISTANT
CHIEF OF STAFF, G-4, III MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE. HE WAS REASSIGNED
IN DECEMBER 1970 AS ASSISTANT G-4 (PLANS OFFICER), HEADQUARTERS,
FLEET MARINE FORCE, PACIFIC, AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME COMMANDING
OFFICER, CAMP H. M. SMITH, IN HAWAII. FOLLOWING HIS ADVANCEMENT TO
BRIGADIER GENERAL IN SEPTEMBER 1972, GENERAL MCLENNAN BECAME MARINE
CORPS LIAISON OFFICER (OP-09M) IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL
OPERATIONS, WASHINGTON, DC. HE REMAINED IN THAT BILLET UNTIL JUNE
1974 WHEN HE BECAME DIRECTOR, MANPOWER PLANS AND POLICY DIVISION,
HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, WASHINGTON, DC. HE WAS ADVANCED TO MAJOR
GENERAL ON JULY 3, 1975; AND WAS ASSIGNED AS THE COMMANDING GENERAL,
2D MARINE DIVISION, ON JUNE 30, 1976. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS THE DEPUTY
CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MANPOWER, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS ON JULY 1,
1978. GENERAL MCLENNAN ASSUMED DUTIES AS THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT
OF THE MARINE CORPS AND CHIEF OF STAFF ON JULY 1, 1979. HE WAS
PROMOTED TO GENERAL ON JULY 2, 1979. HE SERVED IN THIS CAPACITY
UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT ON JULY 1, 1981.
3. GENERAL MCLENNAN'S PERSONAL DECORATIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDE THE
NAVY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, THE LEGION OF MERIT WITH COMBAT
"V", THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH COMBAT "V", THE NAVY UNIT
COMMENDATION WITH ONE BRONZE STAR, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH
ONE BRONZE STAR, THE KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE STARS, THE
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE STARS, THE KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL
UNIT CITATION, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, THE REPUBLIC OF
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE KOREAN WAR SERVICE MEDAL.
4. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 1288 OF THE REFERENCE, ALL MARINE
CORPS BASES AND STATIONS WILL HALF-MAST THE NATIONAL ENSIGN ON
FRIDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2005 UNTIL SUNSET OF THAT DAY.
5. M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE
CORPS.
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