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Alexander Patch

1889 - 1945

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Alexander McCarrell Patch (23 November 1889 – 21 November 1945) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general. During World War II, he commanded U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces during the Guadalcanal campaign in the Pacific, and the Seventh Army on the Western Front in Europe. With an invasion of Japan still an apparent likelihood, Patch returned to the U.S. in August 1945 to take charge of the Fourth Army headquartered at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He died three months later in November 1945 at age 55, his health having been ravaged during his time in the Pacific early in the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Alexander Patch is the 1,922nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,877th in 2024), the 9,688th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,326th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Patch ranks 1,922 out of 2,058. Before him are Leo Tornikios, Kanhoji Angre, Aviv Kochavi, John Dill, William Alexander Morgan, and William T. Anderson. After him are Lyman Lemnitzer, John Bell Hood, Guy Simonds, Eddie Rickenbacker, Ronen Bar, and John Abizaid.

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Among people born in 1889, Alexander Patch ranks 269. Before him are Aleksei Dikiy, Claude McKay, Artur Adson, Charles Darrow, Wesley Ruggles, and Joseph Ruttenberg. After him are Paul Nash, Nikolai Aseev, Conrad Aiken, Giovanni Micheletto, Minta Durfee, and Irene Steer. Among people deceased in 1945, Alexander Patch ranks 336. Before him are Adolf Bartels, Ferdinand Kiefler, Lucille La Verne, Wilhelm Wirtinger, Takashi Yokoyama, and Charles Williams. After him are Gottlieb Haberlandt, Arthur Symons, Jules Pappaert, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Thomas Lewis, and Paul Koebe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Patch ranks 9,690 out of 20,380. Before him are Van Dyke Parks (1943), Jack McGee (1949), Shane West (1978), Kenneth Appel (1932), Maddie Ziegler (2002), and Max Weinberg (1951). After him are Johnny Dodds (1892), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), Justin Bartha (1978), Kevin J. O'Connor (1963), and Francis Ford (1881).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Alexander Patch ranks 149. Before him are Nathan Hale (1755), Moe Berg (1902), Sterling Price (1809), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), William Alexander Morgan (1928), and William T. Anderson (1839). After him are Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), John Bell Hood (1831), Eddie Rickenbacker (1890), John Abizaid (1951), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), and Christy Mathewson (1880).

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