Paul Neal 'Red' Adair

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Golden_Plate_Award_of_the_American_Academy_of_Achievement
gptkb:Officier_of_the_Légion_d'honneur
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-06-18
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA
gptkbp:children Robyn Adair
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-08-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Houston,_Texas,_USA
gptkbp:founded Red Adair Company, Inc.
gptkbp:fullName Paul Neal Adair
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paul Neal 'Red' Adair
gptkbp:knownFor controlling and extinguishing oil well fires
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Army_Ordnance_Corps
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Red_Adair
gptkbp:notableEvent Capping the 'Devil's Cigarette Lighter' gas well fire in Algeria, 1962
Fighting the Ixtoc I oil spill, 1979
Fighting the Piper Alpha oil platform fire, 1988
gptkbp:notableWork taming oil well fires in Kuwait after the Gulf War
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:fire
explosive
oil well firefighter
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:John_Wayne
film 'Hellfighters'
gptkbp:spouse Karron Adair
gptkbp:yearsActive 1946-1993
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kuwaiti_oil_fires
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7