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Fribourg, Leonard Earl

Date of birth:
December 31st, 1920 (Colorado, United States)
Date of death:
August 14th, 1993 (Newport Beach, California, United States)
Buried on:
El Toro Memorial Park
Plot: 34. Row: 23. Grave: 3.
Service number:
0-22059
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Promotions:
April 1943: 2nd Lieutenant;
October 1959: Lieutenant Colonel;
September 1965: Colonel;
October 8th, 1969: Brigadier General;

Career:
March 19th, 1942: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, U.S. Marine Corps;
?: Officers Candidates' School, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico;
November 1943: 1st Marine Raider Battalion;
February 1944: 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment;
September 1945: Marine Corps Base, Quantico;
1947 - 1950: Inspector-Instructor Staff, 13th Infantry Battalion, US Marine Corps;
December 1950: S3, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment;
?: Training Barnch, Division of Reserves;
March 1954: S3, 4th Marine Regiment;
?: 1st Marine Division;
May 1955: Staff Secretary, G-3 Section, Headquarters Fleet Marine Force;
June 1957: Infantry Officer, Tactics Section, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico;
July 1960: Senior School, Quantico;
?: Commanding Officer, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot;
?: Operations and Training Officer, Recruit Training Regiment;
July 1963: Plans Officer, 1st Marine Division;
?: Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment;
?: Executive Officer, 5th Marine Regiment;
July 1965: Executive Officer, Camp Smedley D. Butler;
April 1966: G-5 Section, III Marine Amphibious Force;
June 1967: Naval War College;
July 1967: Head, Training and Education Barnch, G-3 Division, Headquarters Marine Corps;
?: Assistant Division Commander, 3rd Marine Division.

Brigadier General

Brigadier General Leonard E. Fribourg

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 21st, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Iceberg
Wounded by a bullet grazing his skull, leaving him unconscious, on the Ryuku Islands.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 10th, 1945
He was caught in a field explosion, was wounded by shrapnel, and sustained a concussion.
Purple Heart
"Awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States."
Legion of Merit - US Military
Period:
Vietnam War (1955-1975)

With Combat "V" device
Bronze Star  Medal (BSM)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

3 service stars
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
National Defense Service Medal (NDSM)

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