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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 551,784 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Vandegrift is the 1,059th most popular military personnel (down from 985th in 2019), the 3,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,222nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 1,059 out of 1,468. Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Lucius D. Clay, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Coenus, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, and Alberto Bayo. After him are Leontius, Quintus Labienus, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, and Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 116. Before him are Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Otto Schniewind, Jean Patou, Miklós Kállay, Ricardo Wolf, and Kazimierz Fajans. After him are Andrei Shkuro, Arthur Cravan, Abolqasem Lahouti, Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Charles Galton Darwin, and Jean Ray. Among people deceased in 1973, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 111. Before him are Vilhelm Moberg, Robert Watson-Watt, Mirra Alfassa, Laurens Hammond, Alexander Mosolov, and Dean Corll. After him are Joseph Szigeti, Karel Ančerl, Salchak Toka, Fuad Chehab, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Johannes Aavik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 3,441 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Jessica Walter (1941), Mickey Spillane (1918), Geraldine Farrar (1882), and Paul Giamatti (1967). After him are Dana Andrews (1909), Jon Krakauer (1954), Jill Clayburgh (1944), Farley Granger (1925), Bob Seger (1945), and Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Alexander Vandegrift ranks 53. Before him are Walton Walker (1889), John Basilone (1916), David Petraeus (1952), Holland Smith (1882), Monte Melkonian (1957), and Lucius D. Clay (1898). After him are Kit Carson (1809), Doris Miller (1919), George Dewey (1837), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), and Marc Mitscher (1887).

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