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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Eddie Slovik

1920 - 1945

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Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was a United States Army soldier during World War II and the only American soldier to be court-martialled and executed for desertion since the American Civil War. Although over 21,000 American soldiers were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including 49 death sentences, Slovik's death sentence was the only one that was carried out. During World War II, 1.7 million courts-martial were held, representing one third of all criminal cases tried in the United States during the same period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Slovik has received more than 1,586,894 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Eddie Slovik is the 1,243rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,234th in 2019), the 4,176th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,720th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Eddie Slovik ranks 1,243 out of 1,468. Before him are Prince Moriyoshi, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Patrick Gordon, Leo Phokas the Elder, and Claude Choules. After him are Eino Rahja, Alfonso Cano, Paul Bader, François Le Fort, Otto Ruge, and Mikhail Kovalyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Eddie Slovik ranks 194. Before him are Koichi Tohei, Clifton James, Celia Sánchez, Hans Ørberg, Vlastimil Brodský, and Yusef Lateef. After him are Hannie Schaft, Yves Robert, Karel Píč, Roberto M. Levingston, John Lewis, and Ignacio Eizaguirre. Among people deceased in 1945, Eddie Slovik ranks 209. Before him are Emil von Reznicek, Alfred Saalwächter, Carl Moll, Yakov Protazanov, Vilhelms Purvītis, and Agnes Baden-Powell. After him are Hannie Schaft, Karl Leisner, Jüri Uluots, Demyan Bedny, Karl Decker, and Carl Gustaf Ekman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Slovik ranks 4,176 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Brady (1977), Michael Chiklis (1963), Jeannette Rankin (1880), Lucretia Mott (1793), Bill Goldberg (1966), and Albert Ayler (1936). After him are Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Ralph Boston (1939), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Kerry King (1964), Kathy Baker (1950), and Moses Finley (1912).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Eddie Slovik ranks 72. Before him are James Jesus Angleton (1917), Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), and Herman Kahn (1922). After him are Frank Serpico (1936), Carlos Hathcock (1942), James Longstreet (1821), Joseph Hooker (1814), Braxton Bragg (1817), and Nelson A. Miles (1839).

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