R 302049Z OCT 08
ALMAR 046/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/CMC//
SUBJ/DEATH OF GENERAL ROBERT H. BARROW/27TH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET I ANNOUNCE THE DEATH ON 30 OCTOBER 2008 OF GENERAL ROBERT H. BARROW, U.S. MARINE CORPS, RETIRED, 27TH COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.
2.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENCE, ALL MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS WILL HALF-MAST THE NATIONAL ENSIGN UPON RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE UNTIL SUNSET ON THE DAY OF INTERMENT.  MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW.
3.  JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//