Westmoreland, William

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Westmoreland, William was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.

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Westmoreland, William canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: West Point Cemetery
commanded 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-03-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-07-18 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
endTime 1968 (command of U.S. forces in Vietnam) ⓘ
1972 (Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army) ⓘ
familyName Westmoreland ⓘ
genre military history ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup White American ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix General ⓘ
hasOccupation author ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf United States Army Command and General Staff College (as faculty/commandant, historically associated) ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
militaryUnit 101st Airborne Division ⓘ
82nd Airborne Division ⓘ
notableEvent Tet Offensive (as overall U.S. commander in Vietnam) ⓘ
linked to: Tet Offensive
notableFor advocacy of a strategy of attrition in Vietnam ⓘ
commanding U.S. military operations in the Vietnam War ⓘ
notableWork A Soldier Reports ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the United States Army ⓘ
Commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence South Carolina, United States ⓘ
linked to: South Carolina
serviceEntryYear 1936 ⓘ
serviceRetirementYear 1972 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1964 (command of U.S. forces in Vietnam) ⓘ
1968 (Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army) ⓘ

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

William Westmoreland → hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder → Westmoreland, William ⓘ
subject linked to: Westmoreland