James Profit Riseley (May 7, 1898 – March 2, 1992) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps, who reached the rank of lieutenant general.

James P. Riseley was born on May 7, 1898, in Shandaken, New York, and following the high school, he attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

Many of his classmates became general officers later: Hyman G. Rickover, Robert E. Blick Jr., Herbert S. Duckworth, Clayton C. Jerome, James A. Stuart, Frank Peak Akers, Sherman Clark, Raymond P. Coffman, Delbert S. Cornwell, Frederick J. Eckhoff, Ralph B. DeWitt, Milton E. Miles, Hugh H. Goodwin, John Higgins, Vernon Huber, Albert K. Morehouse, Harold F. Pullen, Harold R. Stevens, John P. Whitney, Michael J. Malanaphy, William S. Parsons, Lyman G. Miller and George J.

Riseley has returned to the United States in May 1933 and was ordered to the Marine Corps Schools at Quantico Base, where he attended Company Officers Course.

After the brief tour of garrison duty at Samoa, his regiment participated in the Battle of Guadalcanal and Riseley had been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for his service during the campaign.

While serving in this capacity, Riseley was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in January 1951 and subsequently assigned the duties of chief of staff of the Marine Corps School at Quantico base in July 1951.

Another important assignment came in July 1956, when he was transferred to Washington, D.C., and appointed director of personnel at Headquarters Marine Corps under Commandant, General Randolph M. Pate.

He served in this capacity until August 1958, when he was appointed commanding general of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

He and his second wife, Marry Mossman, resided in Roswell, New Mexico, where he worked on his autobiography Uncle Jim, USMC: Recollections of Lt. Gen. James P. Riseley, United States Marine Corps (Ret.).

Here is the ribbon bar of Lieutenant General James P. Riseley:[3] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.