Editing Lou Diamond (section)

==Early years==
Diamond was born in [[Bedford, Ohio]]. His parents, Herbert Caleb Diamond (1864–1932) and Mima Ellenor (1866–1921), were Canadians from [[Belleville, Ontario]]. His father, of Jewish ancestry,{{fact|date=February 2025}} was the youngest of the famed Diamond Brothers of the [[North-West Mounted Police]] (NWMP), who served in the Red Deer District of [[Alberta]] in the 1880s. He is descended from the [[Hudson River Valley]] [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquin]]-[[Mohican]] Diamond family of the pre-[[American Revolution|American-Revolution]] era. His ancestors were [[United Empire Loyalists]] John Diamond (1759–1845) and Christiana Loyst (1765–1842), from [[Dutchess County, New York]], who fled to [[Lennox and Addington County, Ontario|Fredericksburgh, Ontario]], after the Revolution.

Diamond was a member and frequent visitor to the [[Toledo, Ohio]] Jewish Serviceman's [[USO]] Club sponsored by the [[National Jewish Welfare Board]] (NJWB) in 1943, as indicated by his registration card coded as a NON-JEW with a hole punched in the top left hand corner. However, as noted by journalist Marc Parrott, who was present at Diamond's funeral, Diamond was a practicing Episcopalian.

He enlisted in the Marine Corps in [[Detroit, Michigan]], on July 25, 1917, at the age of 27, listing as his former occupation "railroad [[switchman]]".
He was assigned [[Service number (United States Marine Corps)|Marine Service Number]] 98912.