Lieutenant General Henry Charles Stackpole III (7 May 1935 – 29 May 2020) was a United States Marine Corps officer.

Because there seemed to be no sign of life, he started giving him the last rites, but he then noticed that Stackpole was still alive, and called over the Navy hospital corpsmen who had thought he was dead.

He was awarded the Legion of Merit during that time for having the leading role in deescalating tensions between certain student groups and the NROTC unit, which became a target for those who were opposed to U.S. foreign policy.

[1][5] Other commands he held included Joint Task Force Sea Angel during the humanitarian relief mission in Bangladesh in May and June 1991, after flooding on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal, and Director of the Plans and Policy Directorate, United States Atlantic Command, Norfolk, Virginia.

[6] In that role, Stackpole oversaw two of the Corps' three Marine Expeditionary Forces and had an area of responsibility that covers over half of the earth's surface.

[5] His military decorations included the Defense Superior Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, and the South Vietnamese Gallantry Cross.