Editing Chesty Puller (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Chesty Puller memorial in West Point.JPG|thumb|upright|A memorial flagpole erected in Puller's honor in his hometown of West Point]]
Following his retirement Puller lived in [[Saluda, Virginia]], where he was later buried after his death on October 11, 1971, at Christ Church Cemetery next to his wife.<ref name="Christ Church">{{cite web | url=http://www.christchurchmiddlesex.com/Chesty-Puller/ | website=Christ Church Parish Episcopal - The Diocese of Virginia |title=Lieutenant General Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112212528/http://www.christchurchmiddlesex.com/Chesty-Puller/| archive-date=November 12, 2015 |access-date=May 22, 2018}}</ref>

Puller remains a well-known figure in U.S. Marine Corps [[folklore]] with both true and exaggerated tales of his experiences being constantly recounted among U.S. Marines.

A common practice in U.S. Marine Corps boot camp is to end one's day with the declaration, "Good night, Chesty, wherever you are!"<ref>{{Harvnb|Davis|1991|p=6}}<!--1962--></ref> Another common encouragement is "Chesty Puller never quit!"

In U.S. Marine Corps [[United States Marine Corps Recruit Training|recruit training]] and [[Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)|OCS]] cadences, Marines chant "It was good for Chesty Puller/And it's good enough for me" as well as "Tell Chesty Puller I did my best."—Chesty is symbolic of the ''[[esprit de corps]]'' of the Marines.
Also, the recruits sing "Chesty Puller was a good Marine and a good Marine was he."

U.S. Marines, while doing pull-ups, will tell each other to "do one for Chesty!"

Puller insisted upon good equipment and discipline; once he came upon a [[Second Lieutenant (United States)|second lieutenant]] who had ordered an enlisted man to salute him 100 times for missing a salute. Puller told the lieutenant, "You were absolutely correct in making him salute you 100 times, Lieutenant, but you know that an officer must return every salute he receives. Now return them all and I will keep count."<ref>{{Harvnb|Davis|1991|pp=100–101}}<!--1962--></ref><ref name=Combat_Keith_200601>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.combatmagazine.ws/S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT04N1/BUGLE.HTM|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929141405/http://www.combatmagazine.ws/S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT04N1/BUGLE.HTM|archive-date=September 29, 2007
|title=The Virtue of Unabashed Awkwardness in Military Leadership and Everyday Life |last=Cossey |first=B. Keith  |journal=COMBAT Magazine |volume=4 |issue = 1 |date=January 2006
|issn=1542-1546   |access-date=November 26, 2006}}</ref><ref name=versus/>

While on duty in Hawaii and inspecting the armory, Puller fined himself $100 for accidentally discharging a .45 caliber pistol indoors, although the charge for his men was only $20.<ref name=versus>{{cite web|last=Marine Corps Social Media|title=Ultimate Marine (Puller Vs Butler)|url=http://marines.dodlive.mil/2013/04/10/ultimate-marine-puller-vs-butler/|work=Marines Blog Official Blog of the United States Marine Corps|publisher=United States Marine Corps|access-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731072526/http://marines.dodlive.mil/2013/04/10/ultimate-marine-puller-vs-butler/|archive-date=July 31, 2013}}</ref>

A section of Virginia Highway 33 running from West Point to the Gloucester County community of Glenns is named Lewis B Puller Memorial Highway.

Puller was also a life-long [[Freemasonry|freemason]]. He was made a [[Masonic ritual and symbolism|master mason]] at Hiram Lodge Number 57 in Virginia, where he was a member until his death.