1st Battalion, 26th Marines
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The 1st Battalion, 26th Marines was a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion that saw notable combat service during the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1st Battalion, 26th Marines canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4640252 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1st Battalion, 26th Marines Context triple: [26th Marine Regiment, hasComponent, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines]
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1st Battalion, 6th Marines
The 1st Battalion, 6th Marines is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and participation in major conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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B.
2nd Battalion, 6th Marines
The 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and service in major conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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C.
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
The 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and service in major conflicts as part of the 1st Marine Division.
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D.
1st Battalion 12th Marines
The 1st Battalion, 12th Marines is a United States Marine Corps artillery battalion that provides direct and general fire support to Marine infantry and other maneuver units.
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E.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
The 1st Battalion, 7th Marines is a storied infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its extensive combat history from World War II through modern conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1st Battalion, 26th Marines Target entity description: The 1st Battalion, 26th Marines was a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion that saw notable combat service during the Vietnam War.
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A.
1st Battalion, 6th Marines
The 1st Battalion, 6th Marines is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and participation in major conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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B.
2nd Battalion, 6th Marines
The 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and service in major conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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C.
2nd Battalion, 1st Marines
The 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its combat deployments and service in major conflicts as part of the 1st Marine Division.
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D.
1st Battalion 12th Marines
The 1st Battalion, 12th Marines is a United States Marine Corps artillery battalion that provides direct and general fire support to Marine infantry and other maneuver units.
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E.
1st Battalion, 7th Marines
The 1st Battalion, 7th Marines is a storied infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps known for its extensive combat history from World War II through modern conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps unit
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infantry battalion ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| branchType | naval infantry ⓘ |
| combatFunction |
area security
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close combat ⓘ defensive operations ⓘ offensive operations ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era |
Cold War
ⓘ
Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| garrisonDuringWar |
Khe Sanh Combat Base
ⓘ
linked to:
Khe Sanh
|
| hasComponent |
headquarters and service company
ⓘ
rifle companies ⓘ weapons company ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| militaryBranchType | Marine infantry ⓘ |
| nationality | American military unit ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Battle of Khe Sanh
ⓘ
Operation Pegasus ⓘ Operation Scotland ⓘ Siege of Khe Sanh ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Khe Sanh
operations in I Corps Tactical Zone ⓘ |
| notableFor | combat service during the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| partOf |
1st Marine Division
ⓘ
linked to:
1st Marine Division (United States)
26th Marine Regiment ⓘ |
| primaryWeapon |
crew‑served weapons
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small arms ⓘ |
| role | infantry ⓘ |
| service | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| size | battalion ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Fleet Marine Force
III Marine Amphibious Force ⓘ
linked to:
III Marine Expeditionary Force
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| theater |
Republic of Vietnam
ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| type | ground combat unit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 1st Battalion, 26th Marines Description of subject: The 1st Battalion, 26th Marines was a U.S. Marine Corps infantry battalion that saw notable combat service during the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.