Lesley J. McNair Military person

General Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 – July 25, 1944) was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. He was killed by friendly fire when a USAAF Eighth Air Force bomb landed in his foxhole near Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra as part of the Battle of Normandy.McNair, Frank Maxwell Andrews, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. and Millard Harmon, all lieutenant generals at the time of their deaths, were the highest-ranking Americans to be killed in World War II; McNair and Buckner were both promoted posthumously to general, on July 19, 1954, by Act of Congress.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 25, 1883
Birth place	Verndale Minnesota
Date of death	July 25, 1944
Place of death	Saint-Lô , France

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award	Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) Purple Heart Legion of Honour
military operations	North African Campaign Operation Cobra United States occupation of Veracruz Western Front (World War I) World War II Mexican Revolution World War I Pancho Villa Expedition
military branch	United States Army
military command	Army Ground Forces Command and General Staff College
service start	1904
service end	1944