Remembering Former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Paul X. Kelley

Gen. Paul X. Kelley, the 28th commandant of the Marine Corps, serving from 1983 to 1987, died Dec. 29 at the age of 91. His was a life well-lived, for which he should be remembered. A patriot and a Marine, he was a combat veteran and oversaw the Marine Corps during a critical period of tragedy and rebuilding. Kelley, born in Boston in 1928, graduated from Villanova University. Commissioned in 1950 after completing Basic School at Quantico, Virginia, Kelley had a distinguished and impactful career, serving the United States in the Marine Corps for 37 years. 

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