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Thomas C. Kinkaid

1888 - 1972

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Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 – 17 November 1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II and the last naval battle between battleships in history. Born into a naval family, Kinkaid was ranked in the lower half of his class on his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in June 1908. His early commissioned service was spent aboard battleships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas C. Kinkaid is the 1,476th most popular military personnel (down from 1,471st in 2019), the 5,193rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,347th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 1,476 out of 2,058. Before him are Alfonso Cano, Inigo Campioni, Guglielmo Pepe, Dmitry Karbyshev, Atif Dudaković, and John Alcock. After him are Dobromir Chrysos, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Momčilo Perišić, Sittas, Leo Phokas the Younger, and Pavel Chichagov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 140. Before him are Irving Cummings, Pavel Peter Gojdič, Louis J. Mordell, Kan Kikuchi, Toyohiko Kagawa, and Gazanfar Musabekov. After him are Lotte Lehmann, Sydney Chapman, Vahram Papazian, Michał Sopoćko, Roger Ducret, and Florence Lee. Among people deceased in 1972, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 139. Before him are Joseph Cornell, Paul Grüninger, Max Aub, Miriam Hopkins, Ennio Flaiano, and František Čáp. After him are Rudolf Belling, Jimmy Douglas, Gustav Wiederkehr, Abeid Karume, Alfons Gorbach, and Martim Mércio da Silveira.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 5,193 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert H. Dicke (1916), Albert George Wilson (1918), Philip Morrison (1915), Ted Cassidy (1932), Ken Walsh (1945), and Jackie Earle Haley (1961). After him are George Burns (1896), Sam Wanamaker (1919), Brandon Sanderson (1975), Jordan Rudess (1956), Bobby Jindal (1971), and Ralph Linton (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 89. Before him are Walter Short (1880), Melvin Purvis (1903), Marc Mitscher (1887), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), and Walton Walker (1889). After him are Courtney Hodges (1887), James Longstreet (1821), Hal Moore (1922), Nathanael Greene (1742), Nelson A. Miles (1839), and James M. Gavin (1907).

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