Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.
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Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer who later became the 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps and played key leadership roles in World War II and the Korean War.
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| Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21936488 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. Context triple: [6th Marine Division (United States), notableCommander, Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr.]
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Lieutenant General Frank W. Milburn
Lieutenant General Frank W. Milburn was a senior U.S. Army officer who commanded major corps-level formations in the European Theater during World War II.
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Colonel Oran K. Henderson
Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
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Major General George W. Griner Jr.
Major General George W. Griner Jr. was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 27th Infantry Division during World War II.
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Lieutenant General Raymond A. Wheeler
Lieutenant General Raymond A. Wheeler was a senior U.S. Army engineer officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in Allied operations in the China-Burma-India theater.
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Lieutenant General Frank Benson
Lieutenant General Frank Benson is a senior military officer character in the political-military thriller film "Eye in the Sky," portrayed as a key decision-maker in a high-stakes drone operation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. Target entity description: Major General Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer who later became the 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps and played key leadership roles in World War II and the Korean War.
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A.
Lieutenant General Frank W. Milburn
Lieutenant General Frank W. Milburn was a senior U.S. Army officer who commanded major corps-level formations in the European Theater during World War II.
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B.
Colonel Oran K. Henderson
Colonel Oran K. Henderson was a U.S. Army officer best known for commanding units in Vietnam and later facing charges related to the cover-up of the My Lai Massacre.
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C.
Major General George W. Griner Jr.
Major General George W. Griner Jr. was a senior U.S. Army officer best known for commanding the 27th Infantry Division during World War II.
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D.
Lieutenant General Raymond A. Wheeler
Lieutenant General Raymond A. Wheeler was a senior U.S. Army engineer officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in Allied operations in the China-Burma-India theater.
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E.
Lieutenant General Frank Benson
Lieutenant General Frank Benson is a senior military officer character in the political-military thriller film "Eye in the Sky," portrayed as a key decision-maker in a high-stakes drone operation.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.