Walter Krueger
E35001
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Krueger canonical | 11 |
| Lieutenant General Walter Krueger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T89065 — 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: Walter Krueger Context triple: [Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945), commander, Walter Krueger]
-
A.
James M. Gavin
James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.
-
B.
Matthew Ridgway
Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean War.
-
C.
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley was a highly respected American Army general in World War II who led U.S. ground forces in Western Europe and later became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
-
D.
Maxwell D. Taylor
Maxwell D. Taylor was a prominent U.S. Army general and later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted for his leadership of airborne forces in World War II and his influential role in shaping Cold War military policy.
-
E.
George S. Patton
George S. Patton was a famed and aggressive U.S. Army general of World War II, best known for his leadership of armored forces in major European and Mediterranean campaigns.
- 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: Walter Krueger Target entity description: 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.
-
A.
James M. Gavin
James M. Gavin was a highly regarded U.S. Army lieutenant general and paratrooper commander in World War II, known for leading the 82nd Airborne Division in major European operations.
-
B.
Matthew Ridgway
Matthew Ridgway was a highly respected U.S. Army general known for revitalizing United Nations forces and turning the tide during the Korean War.
-
C.
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley was a highly respected American Army general in World War II who led U.S. ground forces in Western Europe and later became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
-
D.
Maxwell D. Taylor
Maxwell D. Taylor was a prominent U.S. Army general and later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted for his leadership of airborne forces in World War II and his influential role in shaping Cold War military policy.
-
E.
George S. Patton
George S. Patton was a famed and aggressive U.S. Army general of World War II, best known for his leadership of armored forces in major European and Mediterranean campaigns.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army general
ⓘ
general ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ |
| allegiance | United States of America ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Army Distinguished Service Medal
ⓘ
surface form:
Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Order of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form:
Order of the Bath (honorary, United Kingdom)
Philippine Distinguished Service Star ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
| birthCountry | German Empire ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1881-01-26 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
West Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
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 National Historical Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| education |
U.S. Army Infantry School
ⓘ
surface form:
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 self-link ⓘ |
| notableCommanderOf |
Alamo Force
ⓘ
New Guinea campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Sixth Army operations in New Guinea campaign
Sixth Army operations in the Borneo campaign ⓘ Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
South West Pacific Area
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest Pacific Area
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Walter Krueger Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lieutenant General Walter Krueger