Mount Hebron is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Marshall County,

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, United States. Mount Hebron is the hometown of

Gilbert Johnson Sergeant Major Gilbert "Hashmark" Johnson (October 30, 1905 – August 5, 1972) was one of the first African Americans to enlist in the United States Marine Corps and one of the first African American drill instructors in the Marine Corps. John ...

, who was one of the first

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s to enlist in, become one of the first African American

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s in, and eventually becoming one of the first black Sergeants Major in the

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. As of 1974, the previously-named Montford Point in Jacksonville, North Carolina, was renamed

Camp Gilbert H. Johnson Camp Gilbert H. Johnson is a satellite camp of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina and home to the Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools (MCCSSS), where various support United States military occupation code, mil ...

in his honor.

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