Major Lofton R. Henderson

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Major Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander who was killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II and posthumously honored for his bravery.

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Label Occurrences
Major Lofton R. Henderson canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps officer
human
military aviator
allegiance United States of America
surface form: United States
awardReceived Navy Cross NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath killed in action
commemoratedBy airfields named Henderson Field
commemoratedIn United States Marine Corps history of the Battle of Midway
conflict Battle of Midway NERFINISHED
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
era 20th century
familyName Henderson NERFINISHED
givenName Lofton NERFINISHED
hasPartNamedAfter Henderson Field (Guadalcanal) NERFINISHED
Henderson Field (Midway) NERFINISHED
honor posthumous decoration for valor
mannerOfDeath death in aviation accident
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
militaryRank major
militaryUnit Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron (VMSB) NERFINISHED
notableEvent final attack against Japanese carrier forces at Midway
notableFor leading a Marine scout-bomber squadron at the Battle of Midway
posthumous recognition for bravery
occupation aviator
military officer
placeOfDeath near Midway Atoll
positionHeld squadron commander
serviceNumber U.S. Marine Corps officer service number (specific value not provided)
sexOrGender male

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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: Major Lofton R. Henderson
Description of subject: Major Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander who was killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II and posthumously honored for his bravery.

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Henderson Field (World War II airfield) namedFor Major Lofton R. Henderson