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Eddie Slovik

1920 - 1945

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Private Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945) was an American soldier who was court-martialed and executed for desertion during World War II. He was the first and only US serviceman to have met such a fate since the American Civil War. Although over 21,000 American servicemen were given varying sentences for desertion during World War II, including 49 death sentences, Slovik's death sentence was the only one that was carried out. The case was brought to public attention by the 1954 book The Execution of Private Slovik by William Bradford Huie, later made into a NBC 1974 television movie. During World War II, 1.7 million courts-martial were held, representing one third of all criminal cases tried in the United States during the same period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Slovik is the 1,684th most popular military personnel (down from 1,624th in 2019), the 6,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,225th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Eddie Slovik ranks 1,684 out of 2,058. Before him are Miguel Grau Seminario, J. Lawton Collins, Thomas Gage, Ma Zhongying, Nikolay Shchors, and Alexander Gorbatov. After him are Mahamat Déby, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Hans von Rosen, Maha Bandula, and Charles Warren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Eddie Slovik ranks 275. Before him are Karen Khachaturian, Janet Jagan, Ross Martin, Maxi Herber, Kenneth E. Iverson, and Roy Jenkins. After him are Eiji Okada, Godfrey Binaisa, André Simon, Clark Terry, Rosemary Sutcliff, and Richard Quine. Among people deceased in 1945, Eddie Slovik ranks 273. Before him are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Berta Zuckerkandl, Florence Bascom, János Garay, Osip Brik, and Italo Santelli. After him are Karl Decker, Pierre Cérésole, Arthur Tell Schwab, Maurice Sachs, Dobri Bozhilov, and Vilmos Apor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Slovik ranks 6,397 out of 20,380. Before him are John Ottman (1964), Richard Lewontin (1929), William Beaumont (1785), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Levon Helm (1940), and Christine Elise (1965). After him are Stephen Allen Benson (1816), James Marsters (1962), Otis Rush (1934), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Brett Cullen (1956), and Mary Anderson (1859).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Eddie Slovik ranks 105. Before him are Arleigh Burke (1901), Richmond K. Turner (1885), Henry Halleck (1815), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Christine Jorgensen (1926), and J. Lawton Collins (1896). After him are Braxton Bragg (1817), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), Irvin McDowell (1818), James Jesus Angleton (1917), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Joseph Hooker (1814).

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