John J. Pershing

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United States Army general human military leader

John J. Pershing was a senior United States Army general who led the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I and played a key role in shaping the modern U.S. military.

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John Joseph Pershing 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
appointedAs General of the Armies of the United States ⓘ
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
birthDate 1860-09-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Laclede, Missouri, United States ⓘ
burialPlot Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Arlington National Cemetery, Section 34
causeOfDeath coronary artery disease ⓘ
commemoratedBy Pershing County ⓘ
surface form: Pershing County, Nevada

Pershing Square, Los Angeles ⓘ
Pershing missile program named in his honor ⓘ
conflict Moro Rebellion ⓘ
Mexican Expedition ⓘ
surface form: Pancho Villa Expedition

Philippine–American War ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfPromotion 1919-09-03 ⓘ
deathDate 1948-07-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
educatedAt United States Military Academy ⓘ
educationDegree graduate of the United States Military Academy ⓘ
endTime 1919 ⓘ
familyName Pershing ⓘ
father John Fletcher Pershing ⓘ
fullName John J. Pershing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Joseph Pershing
genre military memoir ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasOccupation military officer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
honorificTitle General of the Armies of the United States ⓘ
surface form: General of the Armies
influenced development of the modern U.S. military ⓘ
modern United States Army doctrine ⓘ
memberOf Army Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Army General Staff
middleName Joseph ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank General of the Armies of the United States ⓘ
general ⓘ
mother Ann Elizabeth Thompson Pershing ⓘ
nickname Black Jack ⓘ
notableCommand American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
notableWork My Experiences in the World War ⓘ
placeOfBurial Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ
surface form: Chief of Staff of the United States Army

Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
serviceEnd 1924 ⓘ
serviceStart 1886 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Francis Warren Pershing ⓘ
startTime 1917 ⓘ
taughtAt University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ
taughtSubject military science ⓘ

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Moro Rebellion → commandedBy → John J. Pershing ⓘ
Battle of Belleau Wood → commander → John J. Pershing ⓘ
Battle of Soissons → commander → John J. Pershing ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive → commander → John J. Pershing ⓘ
Second Battle of the Marne → commander → John J. Pershing ⓘ
John J. Pershing → fullName → John J. Pershing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Joseph Pershing
National World War I Memorial → hasStatueOf → John J. Pershing ⓘ
George S. Patton → influencedBy → John J. Pershing ⓘ
M26 Pershing tank → namedAfter → John J. Pershing ⓘ
subject surface form: M26 Pershing
Pershing County → namedAfter → John J. Pershing ⓘ
West Point Cemetery → notableBurial → John J. Pershing ⓘ
World War I → notableCommander → John J. Pershing ⓘ