Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Lieutenant_General_Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_Jr.
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Purple_Heart
gptkbp:birth_date 1886-04-01
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Fort_Knox,_Kentucky,_USA
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Simon_Bolivar_Buckner_III
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Okinawa_Campaign
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:death_date 1945-06-18
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Okinawa,_Japan
gptkbp:education gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:George_Marshall
gptkb:Douglas_Mac_Arthur
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Buck
gptkbp:notable_command gptkb:Tenth_Army
gptkbp:parent Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr.
Louise Buckner
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Republic_of_Korea_War_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Defense_Medal
gptkb:United_Nations_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Independence_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross
gptkb:Korean_Service_Medal
gptkb:Army_Commendation_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Liberation_Medal
gptkb:Philippine_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Joseph_Stilwell
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkbp:service gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:service_years 1908–1945
gptkbp:spouse Ruth Buckner
gptkbp:successor Robert E. Hogaboom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:General_Mitsuru_Ushijima
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4