Clarence L. Tinker

E1041600

Native American military personnel United States Army Air Forces general human military officer

Clarence L. Tinker was a pioneering Native American U.S. Army Air Forces general and World War II commander, notable as the first Native American major general in U.S. military history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Clarence Leonard Tinker	2
Clarence L. Tinker canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13461858 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clarence L. Tinker
Context triple: [Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame, inductee, Clarence L. Tinker]

A. Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
B. Paul V. McNutt
Paul V. McNutt was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of Indiana, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, and a prominent New Deal-era federal administrator.
C. John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth was an American politician and governor of Colorado who later served as a U.S. senator, known for his work on legislation concerning U.S. territories and Puerto Rican citizenship.
D. Amzie Moore
Amzie Moore was a prominent African American civil rights leader, World War II veteran, and NAACP organizer in Mississippi who played a key role in voter registration and grassroots activism during the mid-20th century.
E. James Harlan
James Harlan was a 19th-century American politician from Iowa who served as a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Clarence L. Tinker
Target entity description: Clarence L. Tinker was a pioneering Native American U.S. Army Air Forces general and World War II commander, notable as the first Native American major general in U.S. military history.

A. Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
B. Paul V. McNutt
Paul V. McNutt was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of Indiana, U.S. high commissioner to the Philippines, and a prominent New Deal-era federal administrator.
C. John F. Shafroth
John F. Shafroth was an American politician and governor of Colorado who later served as a U.S. senator, known for his work on legislation concerning U.S. territories and Puerto Rican citizenship.
D. Amzie Moore
Amzie Moore was a prominent African American civil rights leader, World War II veteran, and NAACP organizer in Mississippi who played a key role in voter registration and grassroots activism during the mid-20th century.
E. James Harlan
James Harlan was a 19th-century American politician from Iowa who served as a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American military personnel ⓘ United States Army Air Forces general ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ
allegiance	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
birthDate	1887-11-21 ⓘ
birthPlace	Osage Nation, Indian Territory, United States ⓘ linked to: Osage Nation reservation
causeOfDeath	aircraft crash ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma ⓘ linked to: Tinker Air Force Base
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1942-06-07 ⓘ
educatedAt	Army War College ⓘ linked to: United States Army War College Bacone College ⓘ Kemper Military School ⓘ linked to: Kemper Military School and College United States Army Command and General Staff School ⓘ linked to: Army Command and General Staff College
ethnicGroup	Osage Nation ⓘ
familyName	Tinker ⓘ
fullName	Clarence Leonard Tinker ⓘ linked to: Clarence L. Tinker
givenName	Clarence ⓘ
hasHonor	Air Medal ⓘ Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) ⓘ linked to: Army Distinguished Service Medal Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
hasMilitaryUnit	Hawaiian Air Force ⓘ linked to: Hawaiian Air Force (U.S. Army Air Forces) Seventh Air Force ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Osage ⓘ linked to: Osage Nation
mannerOfDeath	killed in action ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ United States Army Air Corps ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
militaryRank	major general ⓘ
namesakeOf	Tinker Air Force Base ⓘ
notableFor	being the first Native American major general in U.S. military history ⓘ commanding air operations in the Pacific theater during World War II ⓘ
occupation	aviator ⓘ military officer ⓘ
placeOfDeath	near Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander of Seventh Air Force ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Oklahoma, United States ⓘ linked to: Oklahoma
serviceEnd	1942 ⓘ
serviceStart	1912 ⓘ
spouse	Madeline Doyle Tinker ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame → inductee → Clarence L. Tinker ⓘ

Tinker Air Force Base → namedAfter → Clarence Leonard Tinker ⓘ

linked to: Clarence L. Tinker

Clarence L. Tinker → fullName → Clarence Leonard Tinker ⓘ