Retired Col. Lemuel Cornick Shepherd III, 76, a Marine Corps officer in three wars who started a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps unit in a San Diego County high school, died July 17 in La Jolla.
Born in Long Beach, he was the son of former Marine Corps Commandant Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr..
He served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, and retired in 1973 as chief of staff of the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
