Montford Point Marine Who Served in World War II, Vietnam Dies at 108
Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr., one of the first Black Marines ― who served in the military during three wars ― died Aug. 15.
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Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr., one of the first Black Marines ― who served in the military during three wars ― died Aug. 15.
Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr. served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War eras, according to NC Dept of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Cosmas D. Eaglin Sr. joined the Marine Corps at age 27 and served two years in the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II.
Cosmas Eaglin was a veteran of three American wars between the 1940s and 1960s and was one of the first 300 Black recruits to enter the Marines.
The NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs recognized the loss of an original Montford Point Marine and World War II veteran.