William Westmoreland

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United States Army general human

William Westmoreland was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the height of the Vietnam War.

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Label Occurrences
William C. Westmoreland 8
William Westmoreland canonical 6
General William C. Westmoreland 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
appointedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
awardReceived Air Medal ⓘ
Bronze Star Medal ⓘ
Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)

Legion of Merit ⓘ
Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace West Point Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States
commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-03-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-07-18 ⓘ
educatedAt The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ
employer United States Department of the Army ⓘ
familyName Westmoreland ⓘ
fieldOfWork counterinsurgency ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
genre military memoir ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix General ⓘ
hasPartIn Tet Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Tet Offensive (as U.S. commander)
memberOf United States Army ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank General ⓘ
militaryServiceEnd 1972 ⓘ
militaryServiceStart 1936 ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Westy ⓘ
notableFor overall command of U.S. military operations during the height of the Vietnam War ⓘ
notableWork A Soldier Reports ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Charleston ⓘ
surface form: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
positionHeld Chief of Staff of the Army ⓘ
surface form: Chief of Staff of the United States Army

Commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
residence South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: South Carolina, United States
serviceNumber O-20198 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Vietnam War → majorCommander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
Battle of Hue → combatantCommander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
Tet Offensive → commander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland (U.S. forces)
West Point Cemetery → notableBurial → William Westmoreland ⓘ
Battle of Khe Sanh → commander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
Operation Rolling Thunder → commander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
4th Infantry Division (United States) → notableCommander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
General Offensive and Uprising → opposedBy → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: General William C. Westmoreland
Operation Pegasus → commander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
A Soldier Reports → author → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
A Soldier Reports → mainSubject → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
Westy → refersTo → William Westmoreland ⓘ
Westy → appliesTo → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: General William Westmoreland
Westy → usedFor → William Westmoreland ⓘ
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) → associatedCommander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: General William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland → hasNotableBearer → William Westmoreland ⓘ
Westmoreland → hasNotableBearer → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam → officeHolder → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: William C. Westmoreland
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam → notableCommander → William Westmoreland ⓘ
this entity surface form: General William C. Westmoreland