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John Basilone

1916 - 1945

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John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima. He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both of these decorations in World War II. Basilone enlisted in the Marine Corps on June 3, 1940, after serving three years in the United States Army with duty in the Philippines. He was deployed to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and in August 1942, he took part in the invasion of Guadalcanal. In October, he and the two machine-gun sections under his command held off an attack by a numerically far superior Japanese force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Basilone is the 1,213th most popular military personnel (down from 918th in 2019), the 4,106th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,655th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among military personnels, John Basilone ranks 1,213 out of 2,058. Before him are Presian, William Brown, Wilhelm Batz, Stjepan Sarkotić, Johann von Aldringen, and Rash Behari Bose. After him are Hasan Salama, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Iosif Igelström, Mehmed II Giray, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, and Agustina de Aragón.

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Among people born in 1916, John Basilone ranks 118. Before him are Jacques Georges, Unica Zürn, Ramón José Velásquez, Harold Robbins, Wilhelm Batz, and Maria Altmann. After him are Paul Halmos, Moondog, Hidetoki Takahashi, Vladimir Demikhov, Erik Nilsson, and Iosif Shklovsky. Among people deceased in 1945, John Basilone ranks 204. Before him are Emmanuel Foulon, Augustín Malár, Ada Negri, Naoemon Shimizu, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Rash Behari Bose. After him are Hans von Dohnanyi, Yakov Protazanov, Wincenty Witos, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Roberto Farinacci, and Agnes Baden-Powell.

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Among people born in United States, John Basilone ranks 4,106 out of 20,380. Before him are Pat Boone (1934), Belladonna (1981), James W. Christy (1938), Robert Brout (1928), Ava Max (1994), and Tom Robbins (1932). After him are Steve Guttenberg (1958), Benjamin Bratt (1963), Michael Ritchie (1938), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Ted Nelson (1937), and Judith Miller (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John Basilone ranks 70. Before him are Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), Wesley Clark (1944), Chelsea Manning (1987), Carl Brashear (1931), Kit Carson (1809), and Monte Melkonian (1957). After him are Lucius D. Clay (1898), George Dewey (1837), David Petraeus (1952), John C. Woods (1911), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), and Alexander Vandegrift (1887).

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