John J. Pershing
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 76 years ago |
Date of birth | September 13,1860 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Laclede |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 15,1948 |
Died | Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
Nickname | Black Jack |
Rank | General of the Armies |
Battles and wars | American Indian Wars |
Apache Wars | |
Awards | Distinguished Service Medal |
Silver Star | |
Congressional Gold Medal | |
Pulitzer Prize for History | |
Citation Star | |
Distinguished Service Cross | |
Spouse | Helen Frances Warren |
Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States |
Children | Colonel Francis Warren Pershing |
Anne Pershing | |
Helen Elizabeth Pershing | |
Mary Margaret Pershing | |
Education | Truman State University |
Books | My Experiences in the World War |
36th Division, Summary of Operations in the World War | |
General Pershing's Story of the American Army in France | |
A Complete History of the World War: A Connected and Complete Narrative of the War on All Fronts, Covering All Events Between 1914 and 1924 | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 424769 |
John J. Pershing Life story
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB, nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918.