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James Stockdale

1923 - 2005

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James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. He led aerial attacks from the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. On his next deployment, while commander of Carrier Air Wing Sixteen aboard the carrier USS Oriskany (CV-34), his A-4 Skyhawk jet was shot down in North Vietnam on September 9, 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Stockdale is the 1,889th most popular military personnel (up from 1,911th in 2019), the 9,089th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,159th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Stockdale ranks 1,889 out of 2,058. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Rufina Gasheva, Sergey Gritsevets, Mikhail Yefremov, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, and Elmo Zumwalt. After him are Augustin Bizimungu, Mikhail Mizintsev, Juan de Salcedo, Nathan Hale, Moe Berg, and John André.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, James Stockdale ranks 391. Before him are Kenneth Lane, Forbes Burnham, Cyril M. Kornbluth, László Jeney, Natália Correia, and Samiha Khalil. After him are Rosy Varte, Albert Decourtray, Basil Hume, Liviu Ciulei, Augusto Magli, and Avram Davidson. Among people deceased in 2005, James Stockdale ranks 293. Before him are Gaylord Nelson, Lane Smith, Parveen Babi, Josef Holeček, Bruno Manser, and Nirmal Verma. After him are Ihor Rybak, John N. Bahcall, Enric Gensana, Matthew McGrory, Maria Vierdag, and Jim Capaldi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Stockdale ranks 9,091 out of 20,380. Before him are Elmo Zumwalt (1920), Charlie Byrd (1925), Samuel P. Bush (1863), Isabel Sanford (1917), Vince Boryla (1927), and Stan Brakhage (1933). After him are Jenna Ortega (2002), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Florence Ballard (1943), Bill Camp (1961), Hilarie Burton (1982), and Ring Lardner (1885).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Stockdale ranks 141. Before him are Martin Dempsey (1952), Israel Putnam (1718), Michael Mullen (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), and Elmo Zumwalt (1920). After him are Nathan Hale (1755), Moe Berg (1902), Sterling Price (1809), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), William Alexander Morgan (1928), and William T. Anderson (1839).

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