<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Virginia Montague Evans </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relations </Th> <Td> Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (son) </Td> </Tr> <P> Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898--October 11, 1971) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, in World War II and the Korean War . </P> <P> Puller is the most decorated Marine in American history . He is one of two U.S. servicemen awarded five Navy Crosses and one Army Distinguished Service Cross . Puller's six Crosses are next in number to the eight times Eddie Rickenbacker received the nation's second - highest military award for valor . </P>

Who is the most decorated marine in history