Roy M. Gulick

Roy Moyer Gullick (April 12, 1904 – September 27, 1976) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. He spent his senior career mostly in Quartermaster Department, reaching the capacity of Quartermaster General of the Marine Corps. He held this office between dates July 1, 1958 – January 1, 1960.

He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Marine Corps upon graduation and ordered to the Basic School at Philadelphia Navy Yard for basic officer training, which he completed one year later. Gulick was then attached to the 4th Marine Regiment and sailed for his first expeditionary duty to China. He was stationed at Shanghai International Settlement for some time, before he was transferred to the 12th Marine Regiment also in China.

Gulick returned to the United States in February 1929 and after brief period of service at Quantico, he was attached to 5th Marine Regiment and sailed for Nicaragua. He served in Nicaragua until June 1931 and took part in combat operations against bandit forces under Augusto César Sandino.

Upon his return to the United States, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant and ordered to the Marine barracks at New York Navy Yard. Gulick was transferred to the command of Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Wyoming in April 1934 and participated in training cruises for Naval Academy midshipmen and NROTC cadets to various destinations, including European ports, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.

He was later promoted to captain and ordered to the Junior Course at the Marine Corps Schools, Quantico in June 1936. Gulick completed the course in May of the following year and assumed duty as an instructor at the Basic School at Philadelphia Navy Yard under Colonel Gilder D. Jackson Jr. While in this capacity, he participated in the basic training of newly commissioned marine officers until May 1940.

World War II and later service Gulick signs the guest book during the Sunset Parade at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.; Commanding officer of the Barracks, Colonel Jonas M. Platt looks on. Gulick was then transferred to the Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D.C., for instruction in the Paymaster Department under Brigadier General Russell B. Putnam. He completed the instruction in November 1940 and assumed duty as Paymaster, Marine Barracks, Naval Base Guantanamo, Cuba. In this capacity, he was responsible for providing financial services such as monthly payrolls, controlling disbursing and logistical activities. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in March 1941.

Gulick died on September 27, 1976, in Albany, Georgia, and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. His wife Maude F. W. Gulick (1904–1996) is buried beside him.

In October 1982, the new commissary store at Marine Supply Center Albany was named in honor of Major General Roy M. Gulick.

Decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Major General Roy M. Gulick: