MILITARY PERSONNEL

Robert L. Eichelberger

1886 - 1961

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Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. A 1909 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he saw service in Panama and on the Mexican border before joining the American Expeditionary Force Siberia in 1918. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for repeated acts of bravery in Siberia. After the war, he transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert L. Eichelberger has received more than 276,963 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert L. Eichelberger is the 1,882nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,528th in 2019), the 8,382nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,040th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 1,882 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Patch, William T. Anderson, Eugene Bullard, Oliver Leese, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, and Raymond T. Odierno. After him are John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Rufina Gasheva, Edmund Kirby Smith, Olha Ilkiv, Billy Mitchell, and Augustin Bizimungu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 263. Before him are Robert Julius Trumpler, Pranas Dovydaitis, Owen Moore, Hanns Braun, Francis Carco, and Harold Nicolson. After him are Arthur Whitten Brown, Gustavo Jiménez, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Fidel Pagés, Harmodio Arias Madrid, and Reggie Pridmore. Among people deceased in 1961, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 165. Before him are Géza von Bolváry, Jean Piot, Louis Rwagasore, Zoltan Korda, Harry DeBaecke, and Eugene Bullard. After him are Whittaker Chambers, Jānis Endzelīns, Howard P. Robertson, Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, and Ruth Chatterton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 8,382 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Sophia Bush (1982), Henry Dreyfuss (1904), Barbara Bonney (1956), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), and Gailard Sartain (1946). After him are Dominique Swain (1980), Mary Wilson (1944), Chris Paul (1985), Melissa Belote (1956), Anna Thomson (1953), and June Lockhart (1925).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 142. Before him are Don Carlos Buell (1818), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Alexander Patch (1889), William T. Anderson (1839), Eugene Bullard (1895), and Raymond T. Odierno (1954). After him are Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Chesty Puller (1898), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), Moe Berg (1902), Frank Buckles (1901), and Anthony Wayne (1745).

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