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Barry McCaffrey

United States Army general
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Barry McCaffrey

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
November 17, 1942
Place of birth
Taunton
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
politician, university teacher
Field of work
military[7]
Educated at
Harvard Business School, Harvard University, United States Army Command and General Staff College, United States Military Academy, Phillips Academy, Defense Language Institute, American University[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Award received
Bronze Star Medal, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, Air Medal, Silver Star[15][16][17][18][19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[32]
Allegiance
United States[29]
Birth name
Barry Richard McCaffrey[33]
Commanded by
United States Southern Command[35]
Eye color
amber[31]
Family name
McCaffrey[27]
Given name
Barry[28]
Hair color
salt and pepper[34]
Member of
Office of National Drug Control Policy[20]
Military branch
United States Army[23]
Military, police or special rank
general[24]
Participated in conflict
Vietnam War, Gulf War[25][26]
Relative
William J. McCaffrey[30]
Social media followers
180k (100k–180k, n=4)[36][37][38][39]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000111091399
VIAF cluster ID
161355030
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n96056500
GND ID
1171171781
C-SPAN person numeric ID
24651
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
barrymccaffrey
Facebook username
generalbarrymccaffrey
Freebase ID
/m/03479h
J9U entity ID
987007394120105171
JRC Names ID
195000
NL CR AUT ID
xx0324338
NNDB people ID
983/000031890
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NUKAT ID
n2008153869
Our Campaigns candidate ID
201616
Prabook ID
235111
Trading Card Database name ID
120922
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10576028
X (Twitter) username
mccaffreyr3
Yale LUX ID
person/a0b4b005-50c6-43f9-9058-862e76e4203f
YouTube channel ID
UCEsqDbjxa_O9rln3tcyQmGQ
YouTube handle
gen.barrymccaffrey3385

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🔗 Connections
Educated at 7
Harvard University, United States Military Academy, Harvard Business School, American University, Phillips Academy, United States Army Command and General Staff College, Defense Language Institute
Award received 4
Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal
Occupation 2
politician, university teacher
Participated in conflict 2
Vietnam War, Gulf War
Allegiance 1
United States
Commanded by 1
United States Southern Command
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Field of work 1
military
Given name 1
Barry
Hair color 1
salt and pepper
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Military branch 1
United States Army
Military, police or special rank 1
general
Participated in 1
Battle of Rumaila
Place of birth 1
Taunton
Sex or gender 1
male
← Director / manager 1
United States Southern Command
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Summary

Barry McCaffrey was born on November 17, 1942[1], in Taunton[2]. He has worked as a politician[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Barry McCaffrey born?

Barry McCaffrey's place of birth was Taunton[2].

What did Barry McCaffrey do for work?

Barry McCaffrey worked as a politician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Barry McCaffrey go to school?

Barry McCaffrey was educated at Harvard Business School[8], Harvard University[9], United States Army Command and General Staff College[10], and United States Military Academy[11].

What awards did Barry McCaffrey receive?

Honors received include Bronze Star Medal[15], Legionnaire of Legion of Merit[16], Purple Heart[17], and Air Medal[18].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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