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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 322,012 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob L. Devers is the 1,546th most popular military personnel (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 7,381st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,494th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jacob L. Devers ranks 1,546 out of 1,468. Before him are George Crook, Hossein Salami, Lloyd Fredendall, Hudson Austin, Stanley Maude, and James Stockdale. After him are Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Charles Leclerc, Rufina Gasheva, John F. Reynolds, Michael Mullen, and George W. Casey Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jacob L. Devers ranks 213. Before him are Albert Gutterson, Jakob van Hoddis, Barnes Wallis, Arvo Ylppö, Giorgio Zampori, and Hedwig Kohn. After him are Sid Kimpton, Samuel Eliot Morison, Erich Hecke, Sigmund Romberg, Emil Magnusson, and Jerónimo Méndez. Among people deceased in 1979, Jacob L. Devers ranks 191. Before him are Gustav Winckler, Barnes Wallis, Corinne Griffith, Vasco Bergamaschi, Albert Préjean, and Leandro Remondini. After him are Hans Scherfig, Virgilio Piñera, Magnar Isaksen, Erich Rademacher, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, and Eduardo Astengo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacob L. Devers ranks 7,381 out of 18,182. Before him are Sam Harris (1967), Albina Osipowich (1911), CM Punk (1978), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Fischer Black (1938), and Memphis Minnie (1897). After him are Jason Derulo (1989), Lloyd Ruby (1928), Jamie Kennedy (1970), Judy Tyler (1932), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), and Norman Greenbaum (1942).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Jacob L. Devers ranks 128. Before him are James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), George Crook (1828), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), and James Stockdale (1923). After him are John F. Reynolds (1820), Michael Mullen (1946), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), A. P. Hill (1825), Don Carlos Buell (1818), and William Alexander Morgan (1928).

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