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Gilbert Johnson (Hashmark) was born on 30 October, 1905 in Mount Hebron, Alabama, US, is a US Marine Corps drill instructor. Discover Gilbert Johnson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 30 October 1905
Birthday 30 October
Birthplace Mount Hebron, Alabama, US
Date of death 5 August, 1972
Died Place Jacksonville, North Carolina, US
Nationality United States

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1905

Sergeant Major Gilbert "Hashmark" Johnson (October 30, 1905 – August 5, 1972) was one of the first African Americans to enlist in the United States Marine Corps and one of the first African American drill instructors in the Marine Corps.

Johnson was known as “Hashmark” because he had more service stripes than rank stripes.

Gilbert Johnson was born on October 30, 1905, to a farming family in rural Mount Hebron, Alabama.

1922

He attended Stillman College in 1922, aspiring to become a minister, but he left college the following year to join the U.S. Army.

1923

Johnson enlisted in the 25th Infantry Regiment in 1923, serving two three-year tours.

1929

At the end of his enlistment in October 1929, Johnson was discharged as a corporal.

After four years of civilian life, he decided to join the U.S. Navy.

1933

In 1933, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve and was accepted into the Stewards Branch, the only job available to blacks at that time, where he served in the Navy for nearly 10 years.

1941

In May 1941, he entered the regular Navy.

Johnson served aboard the USS Wyoming at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, requiring the Marine Corps to accept blacks and forbidding discrimination by military contractors.

That year Johnson requested transfer from the U.S. Navy to the United States Marine Corps.

Initially he and other African Americans served in segregated units.

He went on to serve the last 17 years of his 32-year military career in the Marine Corps.

He earned his nickname because during his initial Marine Corps training at Montford Point, he wore three service stripes (hashmarks) on the sleeve of his uniform, indicating his previous enlistments in the Army and Navy.

1943

In 1943, Johnson was among the first black men to be trained as Marine drill instructors.

In May 1943 at Montford Point, he replaced drill instructor First Sergeant Robert W. Colwell.

As a member of the 52d Defense Battalion, on Guam in World War II, Johnson asked that black Marines be assigned to combat patrols, from which they had been exempt.

Once approved, he personally led 25 combat patrols.

Edgar Huff, the only other black sergeant major besides Johnson to serve during World War II, was Johnson's brother-in-law.

They were married to twin sisters.

Two years after Johnson died from a heart attack, the Montford Point facility at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, was renamed Camp Gilbert H. Johnson in his honor.

It was the first military installation to be named after an African American.

1959

He retired in 1959 after 32 years of service in the U.S. armed forces, including 17 years as a Marine.