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Alexander Vandegrift

1887 - 1973

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Alexander Archer Vandegrift (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions from August 7 to December 9, 1942, during the Solomon Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Vandegrift has received more than 586,141 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Alexander Vandegrift is the 1,242nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,059th in 2019), the 3,624th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,432nd in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 1,242 out of 2,058. Before him are Richard Montgomery, Neoptolemus II of Epirus, Richard Ruoff, József Alvinczi, Herzi Halevi, and Johanna Wolf. After him are Viktor Zolotov, Xanthippus of Carthage, Aleksander Zawadzki, Fyodor Apraksin, Germanus, and Danylo Apostol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 125. Before him are Andrei Shkuro, Ayşe Sultan, Adone Zoli, Abolqasem Lahouti, Otto Schniewind, and Arthur Cravan. After him are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Salama Moussa, M. N. Roy, Rudolf Beran, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.. Among people deceased in 1973, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 124. Before him are Robert Watson-Watt, Henry Darger, Johannes Aavik, Âşık Veysel, Grigori Kozintsev, and Vilhelm Moberg. After him are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Nikolay Kamov, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Jim Croce, Sergei Tumansky, and Günther Pancke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 3,624 out of 20,380. Before him are Maurice Sendak (1928), John Krasinski (1979), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Edith Wilson (1872), Marsha Hunt (1917), and Anne Revere (1903). After him are Jonathan Franzen (1959), Chris O'Donnell (1970), The Big Bopper (1930), Dee Wallace (1948), Gabriel Almond (1911), and Jack Williamson (1908).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 56. Before him are Walton Walker (1889), Ernest King (1878), Wesley Clark (1944), David Petraeus (1952), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), and Doris Miller (1919). After him are Lucius D. Clay (1898), Arleigh Burke (1901), Holland Smith (1882), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), and Tommy Franks (1945).

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