Detachment Info

Who We Are

General Lejeune, as the first Commandant of the Marine Corps League, signed the charter for the Simpson-Hoggatt Detachment #984 of Kansas City, Missouri on June 1, 1925. The detachment was named for James Simpson Jr. and Harry Hoggatt, two Kansas City Marines who were killed in action during World War I.

Although the Simpson-Hoggatt detachment is still active, the detachment donated their original charter to the Marine Corps Archives at Quantico, Virginia because of the historical significance of it being signed by John Lejeune. The charter was presented to the Archives on August 9, 2007.

The same Marines who founded the Simpson-Hoggatt Detachment also chartered the Simpson-Hoggatt American Legion Post #329 in Kansas City, Missouri. The charter for this post was issued on November 29, 1941, and was cancelled on May 10, 2001.

Harry Hoggatt

Harry was born on February 6, 1901, and was killed in action on October 5, 1918, at Mont Blanc. He was going out after being wounded, and a shell fragment caught him in the back of the head and killed him instantly. Hoggatt graduated in 1916 from Hamilton School. Hoggatt enlisted in the Marine Corps on May 27, 1918, and he left the US on August 25, 1918.