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American Marine Corps general

Eli Kelley Cole
Eli Kelley Cole in 1917
Born	(1867-09-01)September 1, 1867 Carmel, New York
Died	July 4, 1929(1929-07-04) (aged 61) San Francisco, California
Place of burial	Carmel, New York
Allegiance	United States of America
Service / branch	United States Navy United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1888–1890 (USN) 1890–1929 (USMC)
Rank	Major General
Commands	Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Department of the Pacific 41st Infantry Division
Battles / wars	Banana Wars
Awards	Navy Cross

Eli Kelley Cole (September 1, 1867 – July 4, 1929) was the first assistant commandant of the Marine Corps from 1911 to 1915. He also briefly commanded the 41st Infantry Division at the end of World War I. Cole was awarded the Navy Cross for his service as "Commanding Officer of the First Provisional Brigade of Marines" during the Haitian campaign from 1915 to 1917.

Cole graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1888. He then served two years as an ensign in the U.S. Navy before transferring to the U.S. Marine Corps.

References

COLE, Eli Kelley, in Who's Who in America (14th edition, 1926); p 482
"Major General Eli K. Cole". U.S. Marine Corps University. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2016.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.

"Major General Eli Kelley Cole, USMC". Who's Who in Marine Corps History. History Division, United States Marie Corps. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2009.

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Commandants	Nicholas Burrows Wharton Gale Henderson Harris Zeilin McCawley Heywood Elliott Biddle Barnett Lejeune Neville Fuller Russell Holcomb Vandegrift Cates Shepherd Pate Shoup Greene Chapman Cushman Wilson Barrow Kelley Gray Mundy Krulak Jones Hagee Conway Amos Dunford Neller Berger Smith
Assistant Commandants	Cole Lejeune Long Neville Feland Williams Fuller Myers Russell McDougal Little H. Smith Vandegrift Barrett Keyser Schmidt Rockey Peck Turnage Shepherd O. Smith Silverthorn G. C. Thomas Pate Megee McCaul Munn Hayes Mangrum Chapman Walt McCutcheon R. Davis Anderson Jaskilka Barrow McLennan Kelley J. Davis Morgan Went J. R. Dailey Boomer Hearney Neal Dake Williams Nyland Magnus Amos Dunford Paxton Walters G. L. Thomas E. M. Smith Mahoney
Sergeants Major	Bestwick Rauber McHugh Sweet J. W. Daily Puckett Black Massaro Crawford Cleary Sommers Overstreet Lee McMichael Estrada Kent Barrett Green Black Ruiz
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