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.

Aliases (2)

William C. Westmoreland ×2
William C. Westmoreland (U.S. forces) ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army general → human →
allegiance	United States →
appointedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson →
awardReceived	Air Medal → Bronze Star Medal → Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) → Legion of Merit → Silver Star →
burialPlace	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 (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, 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 →
serviceNumber	O-20198 →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Khe Sanh ("William C. Westmoreland") → Operation Rolling Thunder → Tet Offensive ("William C. Westmoreland (U.S. forces)") →	commander
Battle of Hue ("William C. Westmoreland") →	combatantCommander
Vietnam War →	majorCommander
West Point Cemetery →	notableBurial