Marine Corps League
MCL Department of Ohio
MCL Department — OH. A detachment since 1975 — OH.
- MCL Department
- OH
Directory
Units
| Chesty Puller #269 | Detachment 269 · Cuyahoga Falls, OH |
| Montezuma-Cincinnati #270 | Detachment 270 · Cincinnati, OH |
| Lou Diamond #272 | Detachment 272 · Toledo, OH |
| Mc Kinley #277 | Detachment 277 · Canton, OH |
| PFC Russell Mook #279 | Detachment 279 · Fremont, OH |
| Lofton-Henderson #474 | Detachment 474 · LORAIN, OH |
| Tri-State Marine #494 | Detachment 494 · Austintown, OH |
| Belleau Woods-Columbus #508 | Detachment 508 · Gahanna, OH |
| Richland County Marines #527 | Detachment 527 · Mansfield, OH |
| Col Justice M Chambers #555 | Detachment 555 · Mentor, OH |
| Medina County #569 | Detachment 569 · Medina, OH |
| Licking County #602 | Detachment 602 · Newark, OH |
| Gung Ho #650 | Detachment 650 · Brook Park, OH |
| Herman Hesselschwardt #758 | Detachment 758 · Defiance, OH |
| Pvt Henry Kalinowski #782 | Detachment 782 · Ashtabula, OH |
| Elton E Mackin #837 | Detachment 837 · Norwalk, OH |
| Ohio Leathernecks #845 | Detachment 845 · New Philadelphia, OH |
| Bobby D White #953 | Detachment 953 · West Union, OH |
| Trumbull County #958 | Detachment 958 · Newton Falls, OH |
| H. Eugene "Doak" Walker #963 | Detachment 963 · Springfield, OH |
| Chosin Reservoir #968 | Detachment 968 · Mason, OH |
| PFC Leonard F Mason #1063 | Detachment 1063 · Lima, OH |
| James J Mc Clelland #1148 | Detachment 1148 · Findlay, OH |
| Knox County #1299 | Detachment 1299 · Mt. Vernon, OH |
| Wayne County Marines #1343 | Detachment 1343 · Wooster, OH |
| Cleveland Police Detachment #1410 | Detachment 1410 · Cleveland, OH |
| Sgt Bob O'Malley #1436 | Detachment 1436 · Marietta, OH |
| Sgt Justin F Hoffman #1437 | Detachment 1437 · Delaware, OH |
| Miami Valley #1499 | Detachment 1499 · Kettering, OH |
In 1975 a handful of veterans chartered Department — OH. From that first meeting the detachment grew into a hall that still marks the year with a memorial service, a community project, and a table full of people who know one another’s stories.
The work is ordinary and steady. A flag detail at a funeral. A winter drive that fills a corner of the hall with gifts. A scholarship evening where the members hand an envelope to a student and then go back to the coffee. None of it is loud. All of it is the point of the charter.
Meetings are the first Thursday at 7:00 PM, at the hall — OH. This page is a sample so neighbors can see the shape of the work. The group itself has not claimed the page, so the stories here are an illustration, written in the voice the detachment might use.
Programs
Our Programs
A few of the things the detachment keeps on the calendar — OH. These write-ups are sample stories, in the voice the detachment might use.
Community
Community table
Once a month the detachment sets a long table and feeds whoever comes, veterans first and neighbors welcome — OH.
Community
Scholarship evening
Each spring the detachment awards a small scholarship and invites the family to the hall — OH.
Veterans
Honor detail
When a local veteran is laid to rest, Department sends an honor detail with the flag and a few members who know the ceremony — OH.
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Years on the calendar — OH
Charter story set in 1975
170 hours
Given to local projects
A sample tally from last year
34
Neighbors helped
Rides, meals, and the holiday drive
Calendar
Upcoming
| Thu, Mar 19, 2026, 7:00 PM | Regular meeting | Business meeting of MCL Department of Ohio, written here as the first Thursday at 7:00 PM. Confirm with the group before you travel. |
| Mon, May 25, 2026, 11:00 AM | Memorial Day observance | A half-hour observance, then coffee at the hall. The members read the names they have been given — OH. |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026, 6:00 PM | Holiday sorting day | Boxes along the wall of the hall get sorted into gifts, coats, and pantry food for local families — OH. |
| Thu, Jun 4, 2026, 6:30 PM | Installation of officers | The detachment installs the new officers for the year and thanks the ones stepping down. Names in this sample are role labels, not the real officers. |
News
News
Jan 16, 2026
Notes from the first meeting
MCL Department of Ohio. The year opens the usual way: a short meeting, a full pot of coffee, and a list of local families the detachment already knows. The members voted to keep a Saturday of hall repairs on the calendar and to pass the word person to person — OH.
Apr 9, 2026
Showing up for a Saturday of hall repairs — OH
By spring the hall had a Saturday of hall repairs underway. Nothing about it was complicated. The Department set a date, split the jobs, and showed up. A few neighbors who are not members came for the afternoon and stayed to ask about the next meeting — OH.
Aug 21, 2026
What the notebook says so far
Late summer the detachment looked back at the notebook. The honor detail had been out more than once, the community table had fed a crowded room, and the officers reminded everyone that the next business meeting is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM. This note is a sample of how the detachment might tell that year — OH.
Officers
Officers
Commandant
Senior Vice Commandant
Adjutant
Paymaster
Chaplain
Sergeant at Arms
Membership
Become a member
Eligible veterans and their families are welcome at a meeting of Department — OH. The application stays at the hall. The regular night is the first Thursday at 7:00 PM.
Give
Gifts in this story go to the hall, the holiday drive, and quiet help for local veterans — OH.
Sponsors
Our Sponsors
Two local businesses are written in here as sample sponsors — OH. MCL Department of Ohio. Sponsor names here are sample copy, not a list the group published.
Post Home Kitchen
Memorial Hall Bakery
Contact this group
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