Charles H. Corlett

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United States Army officer human major general

Charles H. Corlett was a U.S. Army major general in World War II known for leading American forces in several key Pacific and European operations.

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Label Occurrences
Charles H. Corlett canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
major general ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Purple Heart ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace Fort Bliss National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
commanded 2nd Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Infantry Division (briefly, acting)

7th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ
surface form: 7th Infantry Division

XIX Corps ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1889-07-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-10-13 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName Corlett ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasOccupation military officer ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank major general ⓘ
militaryUnit Field Artillery (early career) ⓘ
nickname Cowboy Pete ⓘ
notableFor command of 7th Infantry Division in the Aleutians and Central Pacific ⓘ
command of XIX Corps in Northwest Europe ⓘ
participatedIn Aleutian Islands campaign ⓘ
Battle of Attu ⓘ
Battle of Kwajalein ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Gilbert Islands campaign

Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy campaign

North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northern France campaign
placeOfBirth Burchard, Nebraska, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath El Paso ⓘ
surface form: El Paso, Texas, United States
residence El Paso ⓘ
surface form: El Paso, Texas, United States
serviceEnd 1949 ⓘ
serviceNumber 0-3683 ⓘ
serviceStart 1911 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Corlett ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater

Referenced by (8)

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Operation Cottage → commander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Battle of Aachen → commander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
XIX Corps (United States) → notableCommander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Lô → alliedCommander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Battle of Kwajalein → commanderForUnitedStates → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
U.S. XIX Corps → notableCommander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Battle of Kiska → commander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ
Operation Flintlock → commander → Charles H. Corlett ⓘ