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3 unusual facts about Graves B. Erskine


Fourragère

Graves B. Erskine, then platoon leader in the 6th Marine Regiment, was authorized to wear the fourragère as an individual decoration.

Graves B. Erskine

Graves Erskine was born in Columbia, Louisiana, on June 28, 1897, where he graduated from high school at age 15 as class valedictorian.

In September 1924, he became Depot Quartermaster, Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia.



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