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MILITARY PERSONNEL

William Guarnere

1923 - 2014

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William J. Guarnere Sr. (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was a United States Army paratrooper who fought in World War II as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division. Guarnere wrote Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story with long-time friend Edward "Babe" Heffron and journalist Robyn Post in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Guarnere has received more than 2,283,546 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Guarnere is the 1,449th most popular military personnel (down from 1,221st in 2019), the 5,670th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,610th in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Guarnere ranks 1,449 out of 1,468Before him are Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Richard S. Ewell, Conrad Albrecht, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and Ian Hamilton. After him are Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, David Stirling, Dietrich Kraiss, Harold Rainsford Stark, Malik Ambar, and Juan Aldama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, William Guarnere ranks 260Before him are Menahem Pressler, Henryk Gulbinowicz, Bülent Ulusu, Hrant Shahinyan, François Cavanna, and Bülent Eken. After him are Richard Herrmann, Ruth Williams Khama, Norman Smith, Inger Jacobsen, Eugene Sledge, and Otar Korkia. Among people deceased in 2014, William Guarnere ranks 248Before him are Ilija Pantelić, Gordon Tullock, François Cavanna, Mohammed Fahim, Knut Nystedt, and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas. After him are Brian Hart, Joep Lange, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Richard N. Frye, Mary Stewart, and Sandra Bem.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Guarnere ranks 5,670 out of 18,182Before him are John J. McCloy (1895), Janice Dickinson (1955), Norman Spinrad (1940), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), and Rafer Johnson (1935). After him are Anna Louise Strong (1885), Boz Scaggs (1944), Forrest Smithson (1884), Van Johnson (1916), Roy Thinnes (1938), and Frank J. Tipler (1947).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Guarnere ranks 98Before him are Nathanael Greene (1742), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Moe Berg (1902), Lewis Powell (1844), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and Richard S. Ewell (1817). After him are Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Eugene Sledge (1923), Smedley Butler (1881), Robert Anderson (1805), J. D. Tippit (1924), and Mark Milley (1958).