James V. Forrestal

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American politician United States Secretary of Defense United States Secretary of the Navy government official human

James V. Forrestal was an American government official who served as the first U.S. Secretary of Defense and played a key role in organizing the post–World War II military establishment.

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Label Occurrences
James V. Forrestal canonical 8
James Forrestal 4
James V. Forrestal, first U.S. Secretary of Defense 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
government official ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath fall from height ⓘ
commemoratedBy James V. Forrestal Building ⓘ
surface form: James V. Forrestal Building (HUD headquarters)

USS Forrestal (CV-59) ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-02-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1949-05-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Fordham University (attended, did not graduate) ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
employer Dillon, Read & Co. ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
endTime 1947-09-17 (as U.S. Secretary of the Navy) ⓘ
1949-03-28 (as U.S. Secretary of Defense) ⓘ
familyName Forrestal ⓘ
fullName James V. Forrestal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: James Vincent Forrestal
givenName James ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank naval aviator (trainee/officer) ⓘ
notableAchievement first United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
helped implement National Security Act of 1947 ⓘ
oversaw unification of War and Navy Departments ⓘ
notableWork organization of post–World War II U.S. military establishment ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
investment banker ⓘ
officeContested none ⓘ
placeOfBirth Beacon, New York ⓘ
Buchanan, New York ⓘ
surface form: Matteawan, New York
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ
politicalAlignment Democratic administrations of FDR and Truman ⓘ
positionHeld Special Assistant to the President ⓘ
Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy
religion Roman Catholic ⓘ
residence Beacon, New York ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Josephine Stovall ⓘ
startTime 1944-05-19 (as U.S. Secretary of the Navy) ⓘ
1947-09-17 (as U.S. Secretary of Defense) ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Military Establishment → firstOfficeholder → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense → firstHolder → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
SecDef → firstHolder → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
Navy Unit Commendation → establishedBy → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal
James V. Forrestal → fullName → James V. Forrestal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Vincent Forrestal
Truman administration → notableCabinetMember → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Forrestal
USS Forrestal (CV-59) → namedAfter → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
Forrestal → notableBearer → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
James V. Forrestal Building → namedAfter → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
James V. Forrestal Building → namedForOfficeholder → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
this entity surface form: James V. Forrestal, first U.S. Secretary of Defense
Josephine Stovall → spouse → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Merit → hasRecipient → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
CV-59 → namedAfter → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Forrestal
this entity surface form: James Forrestal
Josephine Forrestal → spouse → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Forrestal
Josephine Forrestal → namedAfter → James V. Forrestal ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Forrestal (CV-59)
this entity surface form: James Forrestal