Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
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Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. canonical | 6 |
| Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Army officer
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general ⓘ human ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| allegiance |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| awardReceived |
Army Distinguished Service Medal
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Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Okinawa ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | enemy fire ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathCause | artillery fire ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Okinawa Island
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surface form:
Okinawa
|
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| familyName | Buckner ⓘ |
| father | Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ground warfare
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military strategy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Simon ⓘ |
| hasPart |
U.S. Army ground forces under Tenth Army command
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U.S. Marine Corps units under Tenth Army command ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Jr. ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRankAtDeath | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire in World War II
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commanding U.S. Tenth Army in the Pacific during World War II ⓘ commanding U.S. forces during the Battle of Okinawa ⓘ joint Army-Marine command structure on Okinawa ⓘ senior U.S. ground commander in the Battle of Okinawa ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership of Tenth Army in the Pacific ⓘ |
| occupation | military officer ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Armed Forces in World War II ⓘ |
| positionHeld | commander of the Tenth Army ⓘ |
| rank | lieutenant general ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | O-2559 ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Pacific War
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surface form:
Pacific Theater
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Description of subject: Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was a U.S. Army lieutenant general in World War II who led the Tenth Army in the Pacific and was the highest-ranking American officer killed by enemy fire during the war.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.