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Major General Joseph H. Pendleton is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftrosecrans.asp.  He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1884. By 1913, Pendleton had risen to the rank of colonel and was the commanding officer at the Marine Barracks at Puget Sound, where he was on expeditionary duty for much of the time. In mid-1914 after arriving in San Diego, Pendleton began to advocate for the establishment of a major Marine Corps installation in the area due to the location’s favorable weather and harbor. Retiring from military service in 1924, then General Pendleton settled in nearby Coronado where he served as mayor for a time. He died in February 1942. Later that year construction began on a Marine Corps base near Oceanside, California, and in September, Camp Joseph H. Pendleton was official dedicated by President Roosevelt.
https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/jhpendleton/.  
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FUSMC Officers at Marine Barracks, Washington. Lieutenant Pendleton is on the far right.

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