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Robert L. Eichelberger

1886 - 1961

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Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. A 1909 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he saw service in Panama and on the Mexican border before joining the American Expeditionary Force Siberia in 1918. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for repeated acts of bravery in Siberia. After the war, he transferred to the Adjutant General's Corps. He attended the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College, and was Secretary of the War Department General Staff, working for the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Douglas MacArthur. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert L. Eichelberger is the 1,894th most popular military personnel (down from 1,883rd in 2024), the 8,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,381st in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 1,894 out of 2,058. Before him are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Franz Sigel, Isaac Brock, Michael von Kienmayer, Oliver Leese, and Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten. After him are Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, Charles Q. Brown Jr., Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Rufina Gasheva, and Sergey Gritsevets.

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Among people born in 1886, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 263. Before him are Hector Goetinck, Arthur Amundsen, Francis Carco, Kōsaku Yamada, Marcel Riesz, and Owen Moore. After him are Fidel Pagés, Gustavo Jiménez, Alexander Drankov, Herbert Lindström, Arno Bieberstein, and Phyllis Johnson. Among people deceased in 1961, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 171. Before him are Suryakant Tripathi, Anne Sewell Young, Albert Oldman, Ruth Chatterton, Francesco Severi, and Frances Schroth. After him are Max Hainle, Hanns Seidel, Antonio Urdinarán, Max Schöne, Aloys Van de Vyvere, and William Z. Foster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 8,884 out of 20,380. Before him are Billy Strayhorn (1915), Morrison Waite (1816), Edward Hicks (1780), Frank Pierson (1925), Michael Murphy (1938), and Patrick Rothfuss (1973). After him are Carol Heiss (1940), Anthony Ramos (1991), Jamie Kennedy (1970), Willie Colón (1950), J. Searle Dawley (1877), and John Boehner (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert L. Eichelberger ranks 139. Before him are Richard S. Ewell (1817), George Crook (1828), A. P. Hill (1825), Martin Dempsey (1952), Israel Putnam (1718), and Michael Mullen (1946). After him are Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), James Stockdale (1923), Nathan Hale (1755), Moe Berg (1902), and Sterling Price (1809).

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