General Richard E. Cavazos

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Hispanic American United States Army general four-star general human

General Richard E. Cavazos was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and the first Hispanic four-star general in American military history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Richard Edward Cavazos	2
General Richard E. Cavazos canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1376645 — 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: General Richard E. Cavazos
Context triple: [Fort Cavazos, namedAfter, General Richard E. Cavazos]

A. Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
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B. General Kevin P. Chilton
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C. Lieutenant General John F. Sattler
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D. Tommy Franks
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E. Lieutenant General William J. Hartman
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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: General Richard E. Cavazos
Target entity description: General Richard E. Cavazos was a highly decorated U.S. Army officer and the first Hispanic four-star general in American military history.

A. Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant
Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant is a senior United States Space Force officer who leads major space acquisition, development, and operational efforts for the service.
B. General John W. Vessey Jr.
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C. General Kevin P. Chilton
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D. Lieutenant General John F. Sattler
Lieutenant General John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer best known for his senior leadership role in major Iraq War operations, including commanding forces during the Second Battle of Fallujah.
E. Tommy Franks
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F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hispanic American ⓘ United States Army general ⓘ four-star general ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
birthDate	1929-01-31 ⓘ
conflict	Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2017-10-29 ⓘ
educatedAt	Texas Tech University ⓘ Army Command and General Staff College ⓘ surface form: United States Army Command and General Staff College United States Army War College ⓘ
education	Texas Tech University ⓘ surface form: Texas Technological College
ethnicGroup	Mexican American ⓘ
familyName	Cavazos ⓘ
fieldOfWork	military leadership ⓘ
fullName	General Richard E. Cavazos self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Richard Edward Cavazos
genreOfActivity	ground warfare ⓘ
givenName	Richard ⓘ
hasHonor	Fort Cavazos ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army post Fort Cavazos named in his honor
hasRankInHierarchy	senior officer in United States Army ⓘ
honoredBy	renaming of Fort Hood to Fort Cavazos ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ four-star general ⓘ
notableFor	first Hispanic four-star general in U.S. Army history ⓘ first Hispanic four-star general in United States military history ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kingsville, Texas ⓘ surface form: Kingsville, Texas, United States
placeOfDeath	San Antonio, Texas, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division ⓘ Commanding General, III Corps ⓘ Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command ⓘ brigade commander in Vietnam War ⓘ
previousNameOfHonor	Fort Cavazos ⓘ surface form: Fort Hood
residence	Texas ⓘ surface form: Texas, United States
serviceEndYear	1984 ⓘ
serviceStartYear	1951 ⓘ

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

Fort Cavazos → namedAfter → General Richard E. Cavazos ⓘ

Fort Cavazos → eponymFullName → General Richard E. Cavazos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard Edward Cavazos

General Richard E. Cavazos → fullName → General Richard E. Cavazos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard E. Cavazos