MILITARY PERSONNEL

Carlos Hathcock

1942 - 1999

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Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Hathcock has received more than 4,771,942 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Carlos Hathcock is the 1,607th most popular military personnel (down from 1,253rd in 2019), the 5,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,240th in 2019) and the 90th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carlos Hathcock ranks 1,607 out of 2,058Before him are Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Richmond K. Turner, Alfred Saalwächter, J. E. B. Stuart, Arrhidaeus, and Somnath Sharma. After him are Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Hans Felber, Werner Teske, Yakov Smushkevich, Polina Gelman, and Vladimir Triandafillov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Carlos Hathcock ranks 353Before him are Leon Russell, Yvette Mimieux, Eumir Deodato, Tariq al-Hashimi, Dennis Meadows, and James Soong. After him are Claude Miller, Werner Teske, Doğu Perinçek, Gerben Karstens, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, and Gennady Sarafanov. Among people deceased in 1999, Carlos Hathcock ranks 151Before him are Richard Kiley, Ruth Roman, Primo Nebiolo, Yevgeny Morgunov, Nilde Iotti, and Grete Stern. After him are Josefina Pla, Minoru Chiaki, Riccardo Cucciolla, Rudolf Kárpáti, Henry Carlsson, and Tatevik Sazandaryan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carlos Hathcock ranks 5,132 out of 20,380Before him are Alice Pike Barney (1857), Jack Irons (1962), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Paul Arizin (1928), Greta Gerwig (1983), and Johnny Thunders (1952). After him are Ross Ulbricht (1984), Elizabeth Strout (1956), Tony Accardo (1906), James Thurber (1894), Eileen Heckart (1919), and Stephen Root (1951).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Carlos Hathcock ranks 90Before him are Eugene Sledge (1923), Mark Milley (1958), Carl Spaatz (1891), Smedley Butler (1881), Richmond K. Turner (1885), and J. E. B. Stuart (1833). After him are Charlie Wilson (1933), Eddie Slovik (1920), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Henry Gunther (1895), Henry Halleck (1815), and Frederick Townsend Ward (1831).