Background
FACAN, Louis Estell was born on December 1, 1887 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis Estell and Mary Dorothea (Colahan) Fagan.
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Louis Estell FACAN
Edit ProfileMajor United States Marine Corps
Education
United States Naval Academy, 1910. Yale University, 1911 Sheffield. Military Schools, United States.M.C., 1915, 1926.
Career
Captain, United States.M.C. commanding Marine Guard United States Ship Rhode Island, Atlantic Fleet, 1918. Captain and temporary Major, United States.M.C., Fourth Brigadier Marines, Second Division., American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919. Commanding Sea School, Norfolk, Virginia.
Field Officers School, Quantico. Commanding 43rd Company, 5th Marines, and Camp Samuel Nicholas, Sesquicentennial Exp., Philadelphia. Commanding same co., Quantico and Nicaragua, 1919-1927.
Major, United States.M.C. commanding Area of Leon. Nicaragua, recruiting in Philadelphia, since 1927.
Membership
Member: Military Order Foreign Wars. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Catholic (New York), Army and Navy (New York, Washington). Racquet, Yale, Penn. Athletic (Philadelphia).
Connections
Spouse Evelyn Byrd Harrison, July 4, 1917, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
