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Mess Attendant Doris Miller
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Mess_Attendant_Doris_Miller
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Cross
gptkb:Purple_Heart
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:American_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate
1919-10-12
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Waco,_Texas,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath
killed in action
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:USS_Doris_Miller_(CVN-81)
gptkb:Doris_Miller_Memorial
USS Miller (DE-1091)
gptkbp:dateOfDeath
1943-11-24
gptkbp:dateOfEnlistment
1939-09-16
gptkbp:deathDate
1943-11-24
gptkbp:deathPlace
near Butaritari, Gilbert Islands
gptkbp:education
Moore High School (Waco, Texas)
gptkbp:ethnicity
gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:firstBook
first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Doris_Miller
gptkbp:gender
male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Mess Attendant Doris Miller
gptkbp:militaryBranch
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:militaryRank
Mess Attendant First Class
gptkbp:notableAction
helped move wounded, including Captain Mervyn Bennion
manned anti-aircraft guns during Pearl Harbor attack
gptkbp:notableFor
actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor
gptkbp:occupation
gptkb:sailor
gptkbp:parent
gptkb:Connery_Miller
gptkb:Henrietta_Miller
gptkbp:portrayedBy
gptkb:Cuba_Gooding_Jr.
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:serves
gptkb:USS_Liscome_Bay
gptkb:USS_West_Virginia
gptkbp:subjectOf
books
documentaries
film 'Pearl Harbor' (2001)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Bombing_of_Pearl_Harbor
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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