Joseph C. Fegan Jr. 
M, (21 December 1920 - 2 January 1991)
Joseph C. Fegan Jr. was born on 21 December 1920 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.1 He was the son of Joseph C. Fegan and Adelaide Loring Mitchell. Joseph C. Fegan Jr. married Maxine Anne Scholder circa 1943.1 Retired Marine Lieutenant General Joseph C. Fegan Jr. died on 2 January 1991 at Naval Hospital, Balboa Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California, at age 70 years and 12 days.1 A memorial service for Retired Marine Lieutenant General Joseph C. Fegan Jr. was held at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Chapel, San Diego, San Diego County, California, on 5 January 1991 at 3:30 p.m.1 He was cremated and his ashes were inurned, in the Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery, located in San Diego, San Diego County, California.1
Joseph C. Fegan Jr. was known as Retired Marine Lieutenant General Jr. professionally.1 Joseph C. Fegan Jr. was known as Lieutenant General professionally. He was in military service with the United States Marines between 1942 and 1978.1 His obituary was published on 4 January 1991 in the The San Diego Union, printed in San Diego, San Diego County, California. His obituary stated:
Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Joseph C. Fegan Jr., former commander of the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot who was decorated in three wars, died Wednesday in the Naval Hospital in Balboa Park. He was 70. He had been stationed in San Diego for several tours of duty, and he and his family had made their home in Point Loma for the past 16 years.
Lt. Gen. Fegan was commanding general at MCRD in from 1973 to 1975.
Born Dec. 21, 1920, in Los Angeles, Lt. Gen. Fegan enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and became a private first class while attending Princeton University. He graduated in November 1942 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942 and served briefly as an artillery instructor at Camp Pendleton before going to the Pacific with the Fourth Marine Division. He was a battery commander in the Marshall Islands, Marianas and Iwo Jima, and earned the Silver Star during the capture of Saipan.
He returned briefly to Camp Pendleton at the end of World War II, completed training courses in Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va., and then returned as an instructor to the Fleet Amphibious Training Center in Coronado.
As a company commander in the Korean War, he was wounded in action and was awarded his second Silver Star. He then returned to MCRD, then completed further training before going to Japan, where he remained until 1955.
He was named assistant naval attache to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain. In 1957 he returned to Washington, D.C., as an assistant to the chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board.
After several executive assignments, he went to Vietnam as deputy commander, Combat Operations Center, U.S. Military Assistance Command. He received the Legion of Merit for his Vietnam service. After fulfilling several executive assignments, he commanded the Third Marine Division, which participated in numerous exercises and deployments, in addition to the Easter offensive alert in Vietnam in 1972. He became commanding general of the San Diego MCRD in February 1973, and in 1975 was assigned to Quantico, Va.
He retired May 1, 1978, and returned to San Diego. Lt. Gen. Fagen is survived by his wife, the former Maxine Anne Scholder of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; their two children, Anne Fegan Waldruff of Richmond, Va., and Joseph C. Fegan III of Vista, a Marine Corps officer; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, in the MCRD Chapel. Beardsley-Mitchell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Cremation is planned and inurnment and graveside services are planned at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at a future date.1
Joseph C. Fegan Jr. was known as Retired Marine Lieutenant General Jr. professionally.1 Joseph C. Fegan Jr. was known as Lieutenant General professionally. He was in military service with the United States Marines between 1942 and 1978.1 His obituary was published on 4 January 1991 in the The San Diego Union, printed in San Diego, San Diego County, California. His obituary stated:
Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Joseph C. Fegan Jr., former commander of the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot who was decorated in three wars, died Wednesday in the Naval Hospital in Balboa Park. He was 70. He had been stationed in San Diego for several tours of duty, and he and his family had made their home in Point Loma for the past 16 years.
Lt. Gen. Fegan was commanding general at MCRD in from 1973 to 1975.
Born Dec. 21, 1920, in Los Angeles, Lt. Gen. Fegan enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and became a private first class while attending Princeton University. He graduated in November 1942 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1942 and served briefly as an artillery instructor at Camp Pendleton before going to the Pacific with the Fourth Marine Division. He was a battery commander in the Marshall Islands, Marianas and Iwo Jima, and earned the Silver Star during the capture of Saipan.
He returned briefly to Camp Pendleton at the end of World War II, completed training courses in Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va., and then returned as an instructor to the Fleet Amphibious Training Center in Coronado.
As a company commander in the Korean War, he was wounded in action and was awarded his second Silver Star. He then returned to MCRD, then completed further training before going to Japan, where he remained until 1955.
He was named assistant naval attache to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain. In 1957 he returned to Washington, D.C., as an assistant to the chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board.
After several executive assignments, he went to Vietnam as deputy commander, Combat Operations Center, U.S. Military Assistance Command. He received the Legion of Merit for his Vietnam service. After fulfilling several executive assignments, he commanded the Third Marine Division, which participated in numerous exercises and deployments, in addition to the Easter offensive alert in Vietnam in 1972. He became commanding general of the San Diego MCRD in February 1973, and in 1975 was assigned to Quantico, Va.
He retired May 1, 1978, and returned to San Diego. Lt. Gen. Fagen is survived by his wife, the former Maxine Anne Scholder of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; their two children, Anne Fegan Waldruff of Richmond, Va., and Joseph C. Fegan III of Vista, a Marine Corps officer; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, in the MCRD Chapel. Beardsley-Mitchell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Cremation is planned and inurnment and graveside services are planned at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery at a future date.1
Children of Joseph C. Fegan Jr. and Maxine Anne Scholder
Last Edited=4 Feb 2013
Citations
- [S2298] "Retired Marine Lt. Gen. Joseph C. Fegan Jr. obituary," The San Diego Union (San Diego, California), 4 January 1991, p. A-20; NewsBank subscription database (http://infoweb.newsbank.com), America's Obituaries & Death Notices by NewsBank, Record No. SDU2592141. Accessed 4 February 2013.