Walter Krueger

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United States Army general general human military officer

Walter Krueger was a German-born American general who commanded the U.S. Sixth Army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II and was a key subordinate of General Douglas MacArthur.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army general → general → human → military officer →
allegiance	United States of America →
awardReceived	Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States) → Distinguished Service Cross (United States) → Legion of Merit → Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) → Order of the Bath (honorary, United Kingdom) → Philippine Distinguished Service Star → Silver Star →
birthCountry	German Empire →
birthDate	1881-01-26 →
birthPlace	Flatow, West Prussia, German Empire →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
child	James Krueger →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → United States of America →
deathDate	1967-08-20 →
deathPlace	Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States →
education	United States Army Infantry School (various professional military education) → United States Army War College →
familyName	Krueger →
givenName	Walter →
immigratedTo	United States of America →
knownFor	Being a key subordinate of General Douglas MacArthur → Commanding U.S. Sixth Army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II →
languageSpoken	English → German →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
militaryRank	General →
name	Walter Krueger →
notableCommanderOf	Alamo Force → Sixth Army operations in New Guinea campaign → Sixth Army operations in the Borneo campaign → Sixth Army operations in the Philippines campaign (1944–1945) → U.S. Sixth Army →
notableSubordinateOf	Douglas MacArthur →
notableWork	Command of the U.S. Sixth Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II →
occupation	army general → military officer →
positionHeld	Commander of the U.S. Sixth Army → Commander, Southern Defense Command → Commander, Third Army (United States) (pre–World War II stateside command) →
spouse	Grace Putnam Krueger →
theaterOfOperations	Southwest Pacific Area →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Admiralty Islands campaign → Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) →	commander
Walter Krueger →	name