MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lewis H. Brereton

1890 - 1967

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Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he began his military career as a United States Army officer in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps prior to World War I, then spent the remainder of his service as a career aviator. Brereton was one of the few senior U.S. commanders in World War II who served in combat theaters continuously from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to the German surrender, and he saw action in more theaters than any other senior officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis H. Brereton has received more than 262,585 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis H. Brereton is the 1,945th most popular military personnel (down from 1,603rd in 2019), the 10,020th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,300th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 1,945 out of 2,058. Before him are Keith Park, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Thomas Blamey, Valeriya Gnarovskaya, Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, and Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans. After him are John Sedgwick, Max Horton, Yuliia Paievska, Franciszek Gągor, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, and Zebulon Pike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 241. Before him are Alma Richards, Hubert Stevens, Hatı Çırpan, Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, Maurice Podoloff, and Zhang Shichuan. After him are Clara Kimball Young, Lydia Zvereva, Samu Fóti, Jennie Fletcher, Arthur O'Hara Wood, and Frank Forde. Among people deceased in 1967, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 257. Before him are Nikolay Okhlopkov, Richard Meinertzhagen, Malcolm Sargent, Edward Givens, Romildo Etcheverry, and Reginald Denny. After him are Robert Daniel Carmichael, Samuel Mosberg, Nelson Eddy, Frederick E. Morgan, Guillermo Lovell, and Donald Campbell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 10,020 out of 20,380. Before him are Dee Bradley Baker (1962), Vincenzo Natali (1969), Miguel Cotto (1980), Phil Silvers (1911), David Faustino (1974), and Virginia Valli (1895). After him are Doc Pomus (1925), Mary Lynn Rajskub (1971), Eliphalet Remington (1793), Susan Oliver (1932), Paul Le Mat (1945), and Terry Callier (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lewis H. Brereton ranks 166. Before him are William Hood Simpson (1888), John Schofield (1831), Gail Halvorsen (1920), Thomas C. Hart (1877), John Sullivan (1740), and Elmo Zumwalt (1920). After him are John Sedgwick (1813), Zebulon Pike (1779), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), George Rogers Clark (1752), Sterling Price (1809), and David Dixon Porter (1813).

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