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MILITARY PERSONNEL

James Stockdale

1923 - 2005

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James Bond "Jim" Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. He led aerial attacks from the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Stockdale has received more than 1,903,100 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). James Stockdale is the 1,545th most popular military personnel (down from 1,374th in 2019), the 7,365th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,100th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 17

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Stockdale ranks 1,545 out of 1,468. Before him are Lyman Lemnitzer, George Crook, Hossein Salami, Lloyd Fredendall, Hudson Austin, and Stanley Maude. After him are Jacob L. Devers, Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Charles Leclerc, Rufina Gasheva, John F. Reynolds, and Michael Mullen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, James Stockdale ranks 325. Before him are Tom M. Apostol, Jean Stapleton, Bruno Zumino, Helen Murray Free, Piero D'Inzeo, and Walter Jens. After him are Liviu Ciulei, Mukesh, Patrick Moore, Ivor Bueb, Wim van der Voort, and Carlo Pavesi. Among people deceased in 2005, James Stockdale ranks 247. Before him are Viktor Kapitonov, José Azcona del Hoyo, Bruno Manser, Annemarie Heinrich, Per Borten, and David Diamond. After him are Mario Luzi, Jim Capaldi, Atef Sedky, Danas Pozniakas, Renée Faure, and Long John Baldry.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Stockdale ranks 7,365 out of 18,182. Before him are Tommy Gunn (1967), Cassandra Wilson (1955), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), Barton MacLane (1902), Drea de Matteo (1972), and Robert Chartoff (1933). After him are Bobby Helms (1933), Mary Browne (1891), Barbara Hammer (1939), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Robert Cray (1953), and Larry Linville (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Stockdale ranks 127. Before him are Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), George Crook (1828), and Lloyd Fredendall (1883). After him are Jacob L. Devers (1887), John F. Reynolds (1820), Michael Mullen (1946), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), A. P. Hill (1825), and Don Carlos Buell (1818).

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