Colonel John Harris (May 20, 1790 - May 12, 1864) was the sixth Commandant of the Marine Corps. Harris was born in East Whiteland, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps on 23 April 1814. Two months later he was promoted to first lieutenant and, during the summer of that year, served with the forces that opposed the advance of the British on the city of Washington during the concluding days of the War of 1812. Wikipedia
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