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Carlos Hathcock

1942 - 1999

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Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999) was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) sniper with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. Hathcock's record and the extraordinary details of the missions he undertook made him a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was honored by having a rifle named after him: a variant of the M21 dubbed the Springfield Armory M25 White Feather, for the nickname "White Feather" given to Hathcock by the North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Hathcock is the 1,660th most popular military personnel (down from 1,608th in 2019), the 6,220th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,131st in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carlos Hathcock ranks 1,660 out of 2,058. Before him are Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, William Birdwood, Ahmad Vahidi, Rudolf von Bünau, Sefer Halilović, and Berenguer de Palou II. After him are John Kourkouas, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Christine Jorgensen, Agha Petros, and Vladimir Triandafillov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Carlos Hathcock ranks 384. Before him are János Farkas, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Bill Ivy, Pascal Lainé, Ramiro de León Carpio, and Michael Eisner. After him are Kent Andersson, Wu Ma, Sterling Morrison, Egil Olsen, Boubacar Traoré, and Rubén Salazar Gómez. Among people deceased in 1999, Carlos Hathcock ranks 172. Before him are Riccardo Cucciolla, Fritzi Burger, Vivian Fuchs, Alfred Bickel, Lee Falk, and Horst Frank. After him are Josef Zeman, Galina Bystrova, Robert Mills, Taheyya Kariokka, Josefina Pla, and Charles Crichton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carlos Hathcock ranks 6,221 out of 20,380. Before him are Edmund Gettier (1927), Herbert Friedman (1916), Lee Falk (1911), Florence Bascom (1862), Edward Binns (1916), and Colleen Moore (1899). After him are Mike Huckabee (1955), Jon Hamm (1971), Bert Lahr (1895), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Robert W. Floyd (1936), and Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Carlos Hathcock ranks 102. Before him are Doris Miller (1919), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Tommy Franks (1945), Arleigh Burke (1901), Richmond K. Turner (1885), and Henry Halleck (1815). After him are Christine Jorgensen (1926), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Eddie Slovik (1920), Braxton Bragg (1817), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), and Irvin McDowell (1818).

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