MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jacob L. Devers

1887 - 1979

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Jacob Loucks Devers (; 8 September 1887 – 15 October 1979) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the 6th Army Group in the European Theater of World War II. He was involved in the development and adoption of numerous weapons, including the M4 Sherman and M26 Pershing tanks, the DUKW amphibious truck, the Bell H-13 Sioux helicopter, and the M16 rifle. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, Devers was commissioned in the field artillery in 1909. During World War I, he was an instructor at the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and the November 11 armistice ended the fighting before he received orders to go to France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob L. Devers has received more than 345,426 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jacob L. Devers is the 1,820th most popular military personnel (down from 1,543rd in 2019), the 7,159th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,366th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jacob L. Devers ranks 1,820 out of 2,058. Before him are Marie Ljalková, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Stefan Toshev, Stephen Decatur, Captain Tom, and Rahim Ademi. After him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Oliver Hazard Perry, Berenguer de Palou II, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Mariya Polivanova, and Axel von dem Bussche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jacob L. Devers ranks 223. Before him are Karl Johan Svensson, Albert Paris Gütersloh, David Keilin, René Maran, Martín Luis Guzmán, and Guðjón Samúelsson. After him are Rudolph Schindler, Victor d'Arcy, Carl Ebert, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Monte Blue, and Ahmet Haşim. Among people deceased in 1979, Jacob L. Devers ranks 201. Before him are Dany Dauberson, Vasco Bergamaschi, Ethel Lackie, Jim Hutton, Albert Préjean, and Willibald Schmaus. After him are Yervand Kochar, Paolo Barison, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Virgilio Piñera, Juan Arremón, and Van McCoy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob L. Devers ranks 7,159 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Hunter (1946), Ed Hamm (1906), Jean Parker (1915), Mr. Lawrence (1969), Brad Fiedel (1951), and Jed Allan (1935). After him are Richard H. Truly (1937), Frederick Schule (1879), David Twohy (1955), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Courtney B. Vance (1960), and Kathryn Hahn (1974).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Jacob L. Devers ranks 122. Before him are John F. Reynolds (1820), Richard S. Ewell (1817), Richard Marcinko (1940), John Eisenhower (1922), Martin Dempsey (1952), and Stephen Decatur (1779). After him are Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Nathan Hale (1755), George Crook (1828), Israel Putnam (1718), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), and John Bell Hood (1831).

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