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Lucius D. Clay

United States general (1897–1978)
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Lucius D. Clay
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Facts

25 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[30]
Date of birth
April 23, 1897
Date of death
April 16, 1978
Place of birth
Marietta
Place of death
Chatham
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
military personnel, politician, military officer
Position held
Military Governor[13]
Educated at
United States Military Academy[14]
Award received
Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, honorary citizen of Berlin, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, John Fritz Medal, Freedom Award, Hoover Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the Legion of Honour, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Army of Occupation Medal, Konrad Adenauer Prize, Legion of Merit[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Father
Alexander S. Clay[9]
Child
Lucius D. Clay, Jr., Frank Butner Clay[10][11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[48]
Birth name
Lucius Dibignon Clay[49]
Date of burial or cremation
April 21, 1978
Family name
Clay[46]
Given name
Lucius[47]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[29]
Military branch
United States Army[31]
Military, police or special rank
general, cadet, sub-lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain, major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, brigadier general, Lieutenant Colonel, major general, lieutenant general, soldier[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43]
Name in native language
Lucius Clay[50]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikiproject Nuremberg Trials
Participated in conflict
World War II, Berlin Airlift[44][45]
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Place of burial
West Point Cemetery[8]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 72
ISNI
0000000109135188
VIAF cluster ID
71399765
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82101316
GND ID
118521136
Academy of Athens authority ID
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American National Biography ID
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Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059251
Archives at Yale agent ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BabelNet ID
00019626n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11963300n
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
clay-lucius-d-dubignon
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Bundestag Group Minutes ID
ClayLuciusD
Cabinet minutes of the German Government ID
register/person/dd4a1b33-bd5e-48cd-b340-24e92ef78ea3
DDB person (GND) ID
118521136
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118521136
Discogs artist ID
2739687
Dodis ID
P6140
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
96376
FES digital collections entity ID
1776370
Faulhaber edition person ID
04121
Filmportal ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
204
Freebase ID
/m/03q81p
Generals of World War II ID
Clay/Lucius_DuBignon/USA
Geni profile ID
6000000015588808361
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m03q81p
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Lucius_DuBignon_Clay, Lucius_D._Clay
Harper's tag
lucius-d-lucius-dubignon-clay, lucius-d-clay
IMDb ID
nm0165543
IdRef ID
02763339X
Interlingual Index ID
i94736
J9U entity ID
987007280628805171
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
118521136
KBR person ID
14096440
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118521136
Kallías ID
PE00576089
Kinobox person ID
847082
Kinopoisk person ID
209476
Lex ID
Lucius_D._Clay
Libris-URI
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Munzinger person ID
00000000596
Museum-digital person/organization ID
255142
NE.se ID
lucius-d-clay
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2002106348
NLA Trove people ID
1242091
NUKAT ID
n2005104149
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000446339
National Library of Latvia ID
000289313
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810620129505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5465433
National Virtual Library of India ID
472k (472k–1.0M, n=3)
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07368483X
New Georgia Encyclopedia ID
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Obálky knih ID
mzk2002106348
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3887021
Open Library ID
OL2037287A
Our Campaigns candidate ID
109109
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095616436
PM20 folder ID
pe/003331
Prabook ID
1065893
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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Rodovid ID
101183
SELIBR ID
181851
SNAC ARK ID
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Treccani ID
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U.S. National Archives Identifier
10569648
WikiTree person ID
Clay-1576
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10919898-n
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/b2fb4097-ffb2-480d-b8fd-679b6075ac66

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🔗 Connections
Award received 14
Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, John Fritz Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Freedom Award +6 more
Military, police or special rank 13
soldier, general, captain, Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, cadet, sub-lieutenant, first lieutenant +5 more
Occupation 2
politician, military personnel
Participated in conflict 2
World War II, Berlin Airlift
Child 1
Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
Children (paternal) 1
Lucius D. Clay, Jr.
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
United States Military Academy
Family name 1
Clay
Father 1
Alexander S. Clay
Given name 1
Lucius
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Military branch 1
United States Army
Named after 1
Lucius D. Clay Kaserne
Parent of 1
Alexander S. Clay
Place of birth 1
Marietta
Place of burial 1
West Point Cemetery
Place of death 1
Chatham
Sex or gender 1
male
← Characters 1
Nuremberg
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Summary

Lucius D. Clay was born on April 23, 1897[1], in Marietta[2]. He died on April 16, 1978[3], in Chatham[4]. He worked as a military personnel[5], politician[6], and military officer[7].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Lucius D. Clay include Lucius D. Clay Kaserne[51], a military base[52], in Germany[53], founded in 1929[54].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include Lucius D. Clay Kaserne[51], a military base[52], in Germany[53], founded in 1929[54].

FAQs

Where was Lucius D. Clay born?

Lucius D. Clay's place of birth was Marietta[2].

Where did Lucius D. Clay die?

Lucius D. Clay passed away in Chatham[4].

Who were Lucius D. Clay's parents?

Lucius D. Clay's father was Alexander S. Clay[9].

What did Lucius D. Clay do for work?

Lucius D. Clay worked as a military personnel[5], politician[6], and military officer[7].

Where did Lucius D. Clay go to school?

Lucius D. Clay was educated at United States Military Academy[14].

What awards did Lucius D. Clay receive?

Honors received include Distinguished Service Medal[15], Bronze Star Medal[16], honorary citizen of Berlin[17], and Legionnaire of Legion of Merit[18].

Related Entities

United States

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  3. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . smenet.org. smenet.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  29. [32] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  40. [43] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  42. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  48. [48] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 11w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BabelNet ID → 00019626n
    Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID → 151059251
    "added/modified IDs mapped to WordNet 3.1"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lucius-d-lucius-dubignon-clay, lucius-d-clay
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: lucius-d-lucius-dubignon-clay, Matched to lucius d lucius dubignon clay (#289943991) in [[:toollabs:mix-n-"
  3. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → military personnel, politician, military officer
    FES digital collections entity ID → 1776370
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 1776370, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → military personnel, politician, military officer
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