Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 -. Official Military Personnel Files, 1905 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for William H. Rupertus.

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Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1775 -. Official Military Personnel Files, 1905 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for William H. Rupertus.

1906-1951

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/145782461

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (June 1, 1906 - February 8, 1951); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (June 25, 1916 - July 1, 1944); Medical Records (January 5, 1914 - April 26, 1945); Newspaper Clippings (no date).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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SNAC Resource ID: 11639744

National Archives at St. Louis

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Rupertus, W. H. (William Henry), 1889-1945

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William Henry Rupertus was born November 14, 1889, in Washington, D.C. He received his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1913, and served with the American Legation in Peking from 1929 to 1933, and then with the Fourth U.S. Marines in Shanghai, China in 1937 and 1938. He commanded the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1940, advancing to the rank of brigadier general in January 1942, then major general in July 1943. From July 1943 to November 1944, he commanded the First U.S. ...