John D. Lavelle

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United States Air Force general human

John D. Lavelle was a United States Air Force four-star general best known for his controversial leadership of air operations over North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
awardReceived Air Force Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Air Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-09-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1979-07-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Air War College ⓘ
Armed Forces Staff College ⓘ
John Carroll University ⓘ
employer United States Air Force ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Lavelle ⓘ
fieldOfWork air warfare ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasCauseOfNotability controversial bombing campaign over North Vietnam ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix General ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
middleName Daniel ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank four-star general ⓘ
general ⓘ
militaryUnit Seventh Air Force ⓘ
Strategic Air Command ⓘ
notableEvent relieved of command in 1972 over alleged unauthorized bombing missions ⓘ
notableFor controversy over rules of engagement in Vietnam War air operations ⓘ
leadership of air operations over North Vietnam ⓘ
notableWork planning and directing U.S. air operations over North Vietnam ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
partOf United States Armed Forces leadership ⓘ
surface form: United States armed forces leadership during Vietnam War
placeOfBirth Cleveland ⓘ
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio
placeOfDeath Fairfax, Virginia ⓘ
positionHeld commander of Seventh Air Force ⓘ
residence Ohio ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
serviceEnd 1970s ⓘ
serviceStart 1940s ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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