Keith Fleming

Keith Fleming is a native of Abbeville, South Carolina. As a U.S. Marine, he had three years enlisted service followed by ten years as an officer. As a first lieutenant, Dr. Fleming commanded a rifle platoon in the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965, and the following year assumed command of a rifle company in the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam. After leaving USMC in 1973, he earned a B.A. and an M.A. at the University of Alabama. He then recieved his Ph.D. in American...See more

Keith Fleming is a native of Abbeville, South Carolina. As a U.S. Marine, he had three years enlisted service followed by ten years as an officer. As a first lieutenant, Dr. Fleming commanded a rifle platoon in the U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965, and the following year assumed command of a rifle company in the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam. After leaving USMC in 1973, he earned a B.A. and an M.A. at the University of Alabama. He then recieved his Ph.D. in American Military History from Ohio State University. A former historian in the History and Museums division at the U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters, Dr. Fleming is currently head of the Historical Section, MAGTF Warfighting Center, Marine Corps Combat Development Command at Quantico, Virginia. See less