FAMOUS MILITARY

1. Rear Admiral A.Stanton Merrill : Commander of the TF 39 at Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, November 2, 1943. 
2. A.B. Feuer : U.S. Navy during WW2 - author of several books of Military History. 
3. Lt.Cdr A.C.F Davies RN : Commanding Officer HMS Yarnton - discovered the deepest point in the territorial water of United Kingdom, December 1959.
4. Rear Admiral A.G. Kirk : US Navy - Commanding the Western Naval Task Force (TF 123) at Normandy, 1944. 
5. Lt.Col. A.P. Johnston : Commanding Officer of the British 12th Parachute Battalion. KIA at Breville, Normandy on June 12, 1944. 
6. Abdullah bin Rawahah : Commander of the Muslim Army at Battle of Mutah
7. Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah : The Supreme Commander of the Northern Muslim Army, successfully conquerred  Greater Syria. He was on of the first to convert to Islam. 
8. S/Sgt Adelbert F. Waldron III : US Army 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. A US Sniper ace credited with 109 confirmed kills, the most highest scoring  U.S. Sniper ever. 
9. Maj.Gen.Adna R. Chaffee : Father of the Amored Force US Army. 
10. Adolf Eichmann : German's death camp supremo. 
11. Maj.Gen. Adolphus Greely : Artic explorer - Commander Peary rescue. 
12. Lt.Akio Morita : Japanese Navy during WW2 - founder of Sony Corporation. 
13. Rear Admiral Alan B. Shepard Jr. : US Navy Pilot - the first American to manned mission in space, commander of Apollo XIV Mission. 
14. Gen.Sir Alan Brooke : Chief of the General Staff - British Army at Normandy, 1944.
15. Lt.Cdr Albert Cushion Read : the first to cross the North Atlantic by air on May 16, 1919. 
16. Lt. Albrecht Herzner : Lead the German 'Kampfgruppen' (Combat Team) in Poland during WW2. 
17. Field Marshall  Albrecht Kesselring : Commander in Chief, German Army in South Africa during WW2. 
18. Col.Gen. Aleksandr Norikov : Commander in Chief  of the Soviet Air Force during WW2. 
19. Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky : Italian Chief of the General Staff, WW2. 
20. Lt.Col. Aleksey A. Leonov : Soviet Astronaut onboard 'Voskhod 2' the first to engage in extra Vehicular Activity, 18 March 1965.
21. Lt.Gen. Alexander Holle : Commanding the German Fliegerkorps X at Normandy, 1944. 
22. Maj.Alexander T. Augusta : The first black Surgeon in US Army.
23. Lt.Cdr. Alexander V. Stewart USCG : US Coast Guard Rescue Flotilla. Rescued 1437 fightingmen and one female nurse during Operation Overload, Normandy 1944. 
24. Lt.Gen. Alfred Bullowins : Commanding the German Fliegerkorps III at Normandy,1944. 
25. Gen.Alfred Jodl : German Officer - Head of OKW during WW2, hanged for war criminal after the war. 
26. Alois Brunner : Field Officer German Concentration Camp - responsible for the deaths of thousands of Jews in Czechoslovakia & Greece during WW2.
27. Capt. Alphonsus Packard : First officer buried at the Arlington National Cemetery. 
28. Maj. Alvah Miller : Commanding the US 3rd Rangers - KIA 1944.
29. Lt. Amedeo Guillet : The last Italian Knight, one of the last Cavalry Commanders in Military History. He was awarded the Knights  Grand Cross of the Military Order of Italy during WW2 - only one of 28 people in history  to be awarded such a honor. 
30. Amir bin Abi Waqqas : Fought in the Battle of Uhud, the 11th man to be converted to Islam. Maternal cousin of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh). 
31. Andreas Andre : Commander of the Portuguese who captured Maldives in 1558.
32. Maj.Andreas Meyer-Mader : raise and command a Turkish SS unit during WW2. 
33. Gen. Andrei Vlasov : Senior Red Army Officer - raise a substantial anti-Stalin Russian Force. 
34. Admiral Andrew Cunningham : Admiral of The Fleet and 1st Sea Lord durign WW2, highly successful British Naval Commander in the Mediterranean. 
35. Col.Andrew J. Evans : Secretary of the Air Chief of Staff Vanderberg - WW2. 
36. Sgt. Angelo Roncalli : Italian Army Medical Corpsman during WW2 - Pope John XXI, 1958.
37. Capt.Dr. Anita Newcomb Magee : first woman army surgeon in 1898.
38. Annie G. Fox : The first woman to received The Purple Heart while serving at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. 
39. Lt.Col. Annie Ruth Graham : Chief Nurse at 91st Evac.Hospital , Tuy Hoa, Vietnam. Died of stroke in 1969, a veteran of both WW2 and Korean War. 
40. Anthony Burgess : Royal Army Medical Corps, WW2 - famous British writer. 
41. Brig.Gen. Anthony McAuliffe : Divisional Artillery Commander, US 101st Airborne Division at The Battle of Bulge, WW2. 
42. Lt. Anthony Turano : London OSS Air Despatch Section WW2.
43. Anton Burger : Deputy Commander of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Czech - German Border - vanished & his whereabouts ase unknown. 
44. Anton Mussert : Duth Nazi Leader, WW2
45. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna : Mexican dictator who was defeated at Battle of San Jacinto , 1850.
46. S/Sgt Archer T. Gammon : Medal of Honor - Bastogne, Belgium on January 11, 1945. 
47. Col. Archibald B. Roosevelt : U.S. 41st Infantry Division - wounded at New Guinea, WW2. 
48. Gen. Archibald Wavell : Allied Supreme Commander for the Far East, WW2. 
49. Admiral Arthur E.F.Palliser : Commander in Chief , Far East, WW2. 
50. Lt.Arthur Jahnke : Commanding the German 1st Platoon, 3rd Coy 919th Grenadier Regiment, Normandy, 1944. 
51. SS Gruppen Fuhrer Arthur Phelps : Commanding the Prinz Eugen SS Division, consisted of Yugoslavian folksdojcers. 
52. Capt. Arther Sandeman : Lead the 60 Sikh horseman mounted on short Burmese horses of the Burma Field Force, WW2. He was KIA. 
53. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Traver Harris : Chier of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command during WW2. Nicknamed "Bomber Harris". 
54. 1st Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley : Led the Allied Forces to victory against Napoleon at Trafalgar, 1815.
55. Lt.Col.Arvo T. Thompson : International Military Tribunal for the Far East - investigate the Japanese Class A War Criminal. 
56. 1st Lt. Audie L. Murhpy : WW2 most decorated US soldiers -  awarded 33 medal of galantry. A Hollywood star and died in air crash on May 28, 1971. 
57. Augustine Saragossa : The Great Sergeant of Europe - engaged in war against Napoleon.
58. Aung San : Commander of Burma National Army, WW2. 
59. Az-Zahir Baybars : The Egyptian military commander defeated the Mongolian army at Ain Jalut and ended the Mongolian threat to Central Asia. Considered a powerful Muslim hero after Salahuddin Al-Ayubi.
60. Bakr b. Abdullah : Commander of the Muslim Army who reach Azerbaijan in 14 A.H. 
61. Barbara Allen Rainey : first woman pilot of US Navy. 
62. Barbara Cartland  : Chief Welfare Officer for Bedfordshire Regiment during WW2. A famous British author. 
63. S/Sgt Barbara Olive Barnwell : the first woman awarded Navy-Marine Corps Medal for heroism in 1953. She saved a soldier from drowning in 1952. 
64. 1st Lt. Barber Conable : US Marine Corps at Iwo Jima, WW2. President of The World Bank. 
65. Baron Manfred von Richthofen : known as 'Red Baron' - German pilot in WW1 , highest scoring Combat Pilot. 
66. Col. Baron von der Heydte : commanding the German 6th Regiment at Normandy, June 6, 1944. 
67. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart : British soldier -known for his development of air power after World War 1.
68. Beatrice M. MacDonald : wounded in Belgium during World War 1 - awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. 
69. Commander Beatrice V. Ball : US Coast Guard - senior officer in SPARS (Woman Coast Guard Unit) founded during WW2.
70. Bela Blaskos @ Bela Lugosi : Hungarian Officer during WW 1 - wounded 3 times fighting the Russians - famous actor of Count Dracula fame. 
71. Capt. Benjamin Church : Led the Rangers unit who brought the Indian conflict known as "King Philip's War" to a successful conclusion in 1675. 
72. Capt. Benjamin L. Salomon : US 27th Infantry Division at Saipan, WW 2 - awarded Medal of Honor. 
73. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis : The first black General in the US Regular Armed Forces. He commanded the all-black 332nd Fighter Group when he was a Lt.Colonel during WW 2. 
74. Lt.Col. Benjamin Weisberg : Commanding the U.S. 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion , WW 2
75. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery : One of the outstanding Allied Commander in world war II and commander of the British 8th Army at Battle of El-Alamein. 
76. Brig. Bernard Leicester : Commanding the 4th Special Service Brigade at Normandy, 1944. 
77. Brig.Gen. Bernardo Carlos Negrete : Completed high visibility combat tours in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada, Operation just cause in Panama. Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq and Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait. 
78. Gen. Bernhard Hermann Ramcke : Commander of the German 2nd Parachute Division at Normandy, 1944. 
79. Berry Benson : a remarkable Confederate sniper during American Civil War. 
80. Sgt.Bessie L. Robinson : U.S. 6888th Central Postal Directory Women Army Corp. Battalion  during WW2 - the only U.S. Unit of black woman to serve in the European theater. 
81. Admiral Sir Betram Ramsay : British Royal Navy - appointed as the Allied Commander for the D-Day, Normandy, June 6, 1944.
82. Col. Bettie J. Morden :  a pioneer Army woman. 
83. Maj. Bill Fraser : Commanding 'A' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS) - Operation Houndsworth, Normandy, 1944. 
84. Bill Mauldin : U.S. 45th Division - most famous cartoonist of WW2. 
85. Pvt. Bill Millen : Lord Lovat's Piper during D-Day at Normandy, June 6, 1944. 
86. Gen. Bill Slim : Commander of the British Forces at Burma, WW 2. 
87. Marine Bill Sparks : British Royal Marine Commando, Cockshell Heroes, 1942. 
88. Lt. Bob de Latour : 22nd Independent Parachute Company - KIA 20 June 1944 at Normandy. 
89. Col. Bodo Zimmermann : German HQ OB West,Normandy 1944. 
90. Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov : Soviet Chief of General Staff , WW 2
91. Capt. Bruce Mc Candless : U.S. Navy and astronauts - first to engaged in untetherred EVA on space shuttle 'Challenger', 1984. 
92. Buddy Epsen : Hollywood Actor (Beverly Hillbilies) - served with U.S Coast Guard at the Pacific during WW 2. 
93. Cpl. Buster Keaton : U.S. 40th Infantry Division in France during World War 1 - a famous silent film star. 
94. Rear Admiral C.Bryant : US Navy - commanding the Bombarding Force 'C' at Omaha Beach, Normandy, 1944. 
95. Commodore C.D. Edgar : British Royal Navy - commanding Task Force 126 at Normandy, 1944. 
96. C.S. Lewis : English officer - wounded at Battle of Arras, WW 1. Author of "Chronicles of Narnia". 
97. Calvin Graham : U.S. Navy WW 2 - the youngest U.S. Serviceman, aged 12 years old. He was discharged for lying about his age. 
98. Maj.Gen. Carl von Horn : United Nation Commander - author of "Soldier of Peace". 
99. Gen. Carl-Heinrich von Stulpnagel : German Military Commander  in Paris, WW2. Involved in a plot to kill Hitler. 
100. Capt. Carlos De La Mesa : Native of Spain who was wounded at Gettsysburg while serving with the Spanish Company of the "Garibaldi Guard" of the 39th New York State Volunteers. 
101. Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock Snr. : U.S. Legendary Sniper ace during Vietnam war. 
102. 2nd Lt. Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba : 3rd Field Army Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam - died in a Helicopter crash at Saigon, February 18, 1966. 
103. Lt.Cdr Catherine Dodson Callahan : U.S Navy - served on the Staff of Fleet Adm. Ernest J.King throughout the World war II. 
104. Cecily Lefort : SOE Agent operating in France, Oct. 1942. 
105. Lt.Col. Chandler W. Johnson : U.S Marine Corp - commanding the 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, 1945. 
106. Maj. Charity Adams : Commanding the 6888th Central Postal Battalion consist of 800 black women, WW 2.
107. Charles A.Gates : commanding the U.S. 761st Tank Battalion (all black outfit) during WW 2.
108. Capt. Charles Augustus Lindbergh : First solo Trans-Atlantic flight on 20 May 1927. 
109. Charles Bronson : Famous US actor - a tailgunner during WW2 with Purple Heart. 
110. Maj.Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers : U.S Army - the top ranking black soldier to received Medal of Honor during Vietnam war. 
111. Capt.Charles Cawthon : Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion U.S. 116th Infantry at Normandy, 1944. 
112. Capt. Charles Cunningham Boycott : Former soldier and farm manager Earl of Erne, Ireland, Because of his cruelty to the peasants, he and his family were displaced by the peasants and hence the term "boycott" began.
113. Gen. Charles de Gaulle : Leader of the Free French, WW2. First President of the 5th Republic.
114. Capt. Charles De La Mesa : 39th New York State Volunteers - wounded in Gettsysburg.
115. Charles Durning : US Actor (The Sting, Rescue Me) - served during WW2  from Omaha Beach to Battle of The Bulge. Wounded 3 times and was awarded the Silver Star for valor. 
116. Capt. Charles Elwood Yeager : U.S. Air Force - achieved the first Supersonic flight on 14 Dec, 1947.
117. Maj.Gen. Charles Gerhardt : Commanding the U.S. 29th Infantry Division at Normandy, 1944. 
118. Col. Charles H. Olmstead : a Confederate Militia - surrended Georgia Fort Pulaski to the Union Army in 1862.
119. Maj. Charles L. Thomas : Black officer who was awarded Medal of Honor during WW2. 
120. Cpl. Charles Lindberg : U.S. 5th Marine Division - one of the team that raised the first flag at Iwo Jima, 1945.
121. Admiral Charles Lockwood : The very able Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet submarines during WW2. 
122. Charles Lucky Luciano : Mafia leader in United States - help US Army during WW2 to fight against Facists.
123. Charles Marquis Cornwallis : Governor General of India who lost the decisive battle in Yorktown during American Revolutionary War and after whom Fort Cornwallis in Penang, Malaysia was named. 
124. Charles Martel : Head of the Crusaders in France who successfully blocked the Andalus Islamic Army at 732AD.
125. Charles Mawhinnery : U.S. Legendary sniper ace during Vietnam war. 
126. Capt. Charles P. Conrad Jr. : U.S.Navy - the 3rd man to walk on the moon on November 14, 1969.
127. Capt. Charles Pierre L'Enfant : Designer of Washington D.C. 
128. Air Chier Marshal Charles Portal : British Chier of Air Staff, WW2. 
129. Lt. Charles Raroad : A Military Police Officer incharge of the execution of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita at Manila. 
130. Maj.Gen.Charles W. Sweeney : Commanding the B-29 Bomber, 509th Composite Group who dropped the A-Bomb at Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945.
131. Lt. Charles Taylor : Leader of Flight 19, fives U.S.Navy Avenger Bomber, dissapeared without a trace at Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945.
132. Maj. Charles W.Anderson : Adjutant of Confederate Soldier during Civil War. 
133. Charles Waterhouse :  Painter and sculptor - U.S.5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima, WW2, wounded in Action. 
134. Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes : Discovered Antartica. 
135. Maj.Gen. Charles Willoughby : Intelligence Chief of Staff for Gen. Mac Arthur. 
136. Col. Charles Young : the first black to reach the rank of Colonel in US Military. 
137. Charlton Heston : Hollywood actor - Radio Operator onboard B-25 during WW2.
138. Chester A. Hallberg : Fighter Pilot - 56th U.S. Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, WW2. 
139. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz : Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway (WW2). 
140. Chi Zanshi al-Din :  a Chinese Muslim, commander of the Army during Yuan Dynasty at Yunnan. 
141. Col. Chikahiko Koizumi : Japanese Army Surgeon General, committed suicide at the end of the war. 
142. Christine Skarbek : A Jewish woman from Poland who help the British serviceman escape from German POW camp.
143. Christopher Lee : British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during WW2, became famous actor after the war.
144. Admiral Chuichi Nagumo : Commander of the Japanese Attack Force on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and Commander of the Carrier Force at the Battle of Midway. 
145. Clara Maass : Spanish American War Nurse - the first on a U.S. Postage Stamp. 
146. Maj.Gen. Clarence R. Huebner : Commanding the U.S. 1st Infantry Division (The Big Red One) at Normandy, June 1944.
147. Clark Gable : U.S. Army Air Corps, WW2 - Hitler promised a reward to whoever captured him alive. He later became famous US actor after the war. 
148. Lt. Col. Claude Thorp : Led the Guerilla fighters in Philippines, WW2. 
149. Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy : first woman to achieve and hold the rank of Lt. General. 
150. Col. Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg : Member of Anti-Hitler Army Group - on July 20, 1944 he planted a bomb where Hitler was present. The blast killed 4 but Hitler survived.
151. Lt. Clyde ' Sparky' Cosper : 367th USAAF Bomb Squad, WW2. Buckinghamshire War Hero - awarded the War Medal for saving the village from disaster. 
152. Maj. Clyde Pangborn : first non-stop Pacific flight, 3 October 1931.
153. Colin Mackenzie : setup the second SOE mission in India during WW2.
154. Brig.Gen. Colleen L. Mc Guire : first female Provost Marshal General  of the US Army.
155. Brig.Gen. Coral Pietsch : the first ever female General Officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps, first female Asian-American  General Officer in US Army. 
156. 1st Lieutenant Cordella E. Cook : U.S. Army Nurse Corps, WW2 at Italy. One of the first woman to received the Bronze Star. She was also awarded with the Purple Heart. 
157. Cornelis de Houtman : Commanding the Netherland Ship - killed by the woman Admiral of Acheh, Malahayati on Sept. 11, 1599.
158. Sgt. Cornelius H. Charlton : U.S. Army , Medal of Honor, Korean war.
159. Count Terauchi : Commander in Chief , Japanese Southern Army,WW2. 
160. Courtney H. Hodges : Commanding the U.S. 1st Army - led the 1st Army to liberate Paris, Luxembourg & Belgium, being the first to reach German's frontier during WW2. 
161. Sgt. Crystal Johnson : awarded the Purple Heart for her action  on Sept. 12, 2006 at Baghdad, Iraq. 
162. Gen. Curtis LeMay : Commanding the U.S. Bomber Forces in the Mariannas from January 1945.
163. Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood : British Admiral at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. 
164. Gen. D.A. Graham : Commanding the British 50th Northumbrian Division at Normandy, June 1944.
165. Rear Admiral D.P. Moon : U.S. Navy - commanding the Utah Beach Assault Force 'U', Task Force 125, Normandy, June 1944.
166. Dan Morgan : led the 'Corps of Rangers' in 1777.
167. Gen. Daniel C. James : U.S. Air Force - first black 4-star General in the U.S. Armed Forces, veteran of WW2, Korea and Vietnam War.
168. Col. Daniel Gerstein : U.S. 93rd Singal Brigade Commander. recognised the contribution of Native American Indians throughout the WW2.
169. Col. Daniel Morgan : lead the group of 500 mens known as 'Morgan's Rifleman", the famous corps of the Continental Army.
170. Capt. Dave Severance : U.S. Marine Corps - Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945.
171. Capt. David M. Brown : U.S. Navy - one of the 7 crew members on space shuttle Columbia - perished during entry on Feb. 1, 2003. 
172. Capt. David M. Walker : U.S Navy - former Navy Test Pilot logged 725 hours in Space. 
173. Commander David Mc Campbell : U.S.Navy - shot down 9 aircraft in one mission - Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944.
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