MILITARY PERSONNEL

Walter Krueger

1881 - 1967

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Walter Krueger (26 January 1881 – 20 August 1967) was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century. He commanded the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. He rose from the rank of private to general in the United States Army. Born in Flatow, West Prussia, German Empire, Krueger emigrated to the United States as a boy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Krueger has received more than 599,733 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Krueger is the 1,796th most popular military personnel (down from 1,480th in 2019), the 997th most popular biography from Poland (down from 880th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Krueger ranks 1,796 out of 2,058. Before him are Myronides, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Charles Leclerc, Peter Pace, Józef Kowalski, and Dietrich Kraiss. After him are Franz von Werra, John Moore, John F. Reynolds, Mindarus, Arseny Golovko, and Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Walter Krueger ranks 172. Before him are Mordecai Kaplan, Abdulla Shaig, Patrick Ryan, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Francis Ford, and Tommy Burns. After him are Eugénie Cotton, Abram Deborin, Eleanor Farjeon, Allauddin Khan, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, and Juan José de Amézaga. Among people deceased in 1967, Walter Krueger ranks 197. Before him are Angela Piskernik, Juan Luque de Serrallonga, Marcello Bertinetti, Ernestas Galvanauskas, Paul Whiteman, and Friedrich Gogarten. After him are Väinö Kokkinen, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Gerald Patterson, Hans Reissner, Anatoly Maltsev, and Óscar Diego Gestido.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Walter Krueger ranks 997 out of 1,694. Before him are Hertha Sponer (1895), Ernst Degner (1931), Grażyna Szapołowska (1953), Georg Sterzinsky (1936), Alexander Abusch (1902), and Urszula Dudziak (1943). After him are Anna Jantar (1950), Thadée Cisowski (1927), Danuta Szaflarska (1915), Johannes Thiele (1860), Mariusz Lewandowski (1979), and Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Walter Krueger ranks 79. Before him are August Emil Fieldorf (1895), Theodor Tolsdorff (1909), Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff (1905), Hyman G. Rickover (1900), Johannes Block (1894), and John Shalikashvili (1936). After him are Maria Wittek (1899), and Franciszek Gągor (1951).

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