Merlin O'Neill

Merlin O'Neill
Vice Admiral Merlin O'Neill
Born	Gallia County, Ohio
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Revenue Cutter Service United States Coast Guard
Years of service	1921-1954
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	Commandant of the Coast Guard
Battles/wars	World War II

Merlin O'Neill (1898–1981) served as the tenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1949 to 1954.

He was born in Gallia County, Ohio on October 30, 1898. Following graduation from high school in Morgan City, Louisiana, he attended Western Kentucky State Normal School, and the Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama. In 1921, he graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, where he had served as an instructor from 1927 to 1929, and as Commandant of Cadets from 1929 to 1930. From 1930 to 1935, he commanded a series of Coast Guard cutters, as part of Commandant Frederick C. Billard's heightened anti-smuggling efforts. From 1946 until his appointment as Commandant, he served as Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard.

References

• United States Coast Guard Biography

Military offices
Preceded by Joseph F. Farley	Commandant of the Coast Guard 1949—1954	Succeeded by Alfred C. Richmond
Preceded by Lloyd T. Chalker	Assistant Commandant of the Coast Guard 1946—1949	Succeeded by Alfred C. Richmond

Persondata
Name	Oneill, Merlin
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Date of birth	1898
Place of birth	Gallia County, Ohio
Date of death	1981
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