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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

US Marine Corps base in Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States
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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
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Summary

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a military base[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of military base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,316 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Onslow County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Operator: United States Marine Corps[5]
  • Named after: John Archer Lejeune[6]
  • Postal code: 28542[7], 28543[8], 28547[9]
  • Commons category: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune[10]
  • Inception: 1941[11]
  • Participated in conflict: World War II[12]
  • Significant event: Camp Lejeune water contamination[13], Camp Lejeune Incident[14]
  • Official website: http://www.lejeune.marines.mil/[15], https://www.lejeune.marines.mil/[16]
  • Native label: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune[17]
  • Different from: Camp Lejeune[18]
  • Has part(s) of the class: military prison[19]

Why It Matters

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Camp Lejeune water contamination tied to a range of cancers—from leukemia to thyroid—in troops and civilians alike, CDC study finds. Retrieved . fortune.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  2. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
    Openstreetmap relation id → 11188029
    Located in → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap relation id: 11188029, Adding OSM relation id claim from wikidata tag on relation/11188029 in United States"
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