User:Canuckian89/Commandants of the Marine Corps

This is a list of the Commandants of the Marine Corps in order of longevity. There are currently thirty-three Commandants on the list and eight living Commandants. The list is in descending order and is correct as of November 6, 2024. The oldest Commandant is Wallace M. Greene (1907 - 2003), who died at the age of 95 years, 71 days. The oldest living Commandant is Alfred M. Gray. He is currently 96 years, 137 days old and has held the title of oldest living Commandant since October 30, 2008.

To account for the different number of leap days within the life of each Commandant, two measures of longevity are given. The first is the number of whole years the Commandant lived, and the number of days past their last birthday. The second lists the total number of days lived by the Commandant.

List

Rank	Commandant	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years, Days)	Longevity (Days)
1	Wallace M. Greene	December 27, 1907	March 8, 2003	95 years, 71 days	34,770 days
2	Lemuel C. Shepherd	February 10, 1896	August 6, 1990	94 years, 177 days	34,510 days
3	Robert H. Barrow	February 5, 1922	October 30, 2008	86 years, 268 days	31,679 days
4	Leonard F. Chapman	November 3, 1913	January 6, 2000	86 years, 64 days	31,475 days
5	Alexander Vandegrift	March 13, 1887	May 8, 1973	86 years, 56 days	31,467 days
6	Thomas Holcomb	August 5, 1879	May 24, 1965	85 years, 292 days	31,338 days
7	Louis H. Wilson	February 11, 1920	June 21, 2005	85 years, 130 days	31,177 days
8	George F. Elliott	November 30, 1846	November 4, 1931	84 years, 339 days	31,019 days
9	Alfred M. Gray	June 22, 1928	Living	96 years, 137 days	35,201 days
10	Paul X. Kelley	November 11, 1928	Living	95 years, 361 days	35,059 days
11	David M. Shoup	December 30, 1904	January 13, 1983	78 years, 14 days	28,503 days
12	Clifton B. Cates	August 31, 1893	June 4, 1970	76 years, 277 days	28,035 days
13	Carl E. Mundy	July 16, 1935	Living	89 years, 113 days	32,621 days
14	Archibald Henderson	January 21, 1783	January 6, 1859	75 years, 350 days	27,743 days
15	John A. Lejeune	January 10, 1867	November 20, 1942	75 years, 314 days	27,707 days
16	Charles Heywood	October 3, 1839	February 26, 1915	75 years, 146 days	27,539 days
17	Jacob Zeilin	July 16, 1806	November 18, 1880	74 years, 125 days	27,154 days
18	John H. Russell	November 14, 1872	March 6, 1947	74 years, 112 days	27,139 days
19	John Harris	May 20, 1793	May 12, 1864	70 years, 358 days	25,924 days
20	George Barnett	December 9, 1859	April 27, 1930	70 years, 139 days	25,706 days
21	Robert E. Cushman	December 24, 1914	January 2, 1985	70 years, 9 days	25,577 days
22	Charles C. Krulak	March 4, 1942	Living	82 years, 247 days	30,198 days
23	William P. Biddle	December 15, 1853	February 24, 1923	69 years, 71 days	25,272 days
24	James L. Jones	December 19, 1943	Living	80 years, 323 days	29,543 days
25	Ben H. Fuller	February 27, 1870	June 8, 1937	67 years, 101 days	24,572 days
26	Michael Hagee	December 1, 1944	Living	79 years, 341 days	29,195 days
27	James F. Amos	November 12, 1946	Living	77 years, 360 days	28,484 days
28	Charles G. McCawley	January 29, 1827	October 13, 1891	64 years, 257 days	23,633 days
29	James T. Conway	December 26, 1947	Living	76 years, 316 days	28,075 days
30	Randolph M. Pate	February 11, 1898	July 31, 1961	63 years, 170 days	23,180 days
31	Wendell C. Neville	May 12, 1870	July 8, 1930	60 years, 57 days	21,971 days
32	Franklin Wharton	July 23, 1767	September 1, 1818	51 years, 40 days	18,667 days
33	William W. Burrows	January 16, 1758	March 13, 1805	47 years, 56 days	17,222 days

Commandants of the Marine Corps	33
Living	8
Deceased	25