William Guarnere

United States Army paratrooper during World War II (1923–2014)

Person human Q1066439

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: April 28, 1923, 1923^[9]
Date of death: March 8, 2014, 2014^[10]
Place of birth: Philadelphia
Place of death: Philadelphia
Country of citizenship: United States^[12]
Occupation: military personnel, paratrooper, soldier, veteran
Field of work: military affairs^[13]
Award received: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Star^[14]^[15]^[16]
Official website: www.wildbillmemorial.org^[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[25]
Family name: Guarnere^[22]
Given name: William^[23]
Military branch: United States Army^[18]
Military, police or special rank: Sergeant^[19]
Nickname: Wild Bill^[26]
Participated in conflict: World War II^[20]
Place of burial: SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery^[11]
Sport: skydiving^[21]
Start of work period: 1942^[27]

🏷️ Also known as

en William "Wild Bill" Guarnere en William J. Guarnere en William J. Guarnere Sr. en William J. "Wild Bill" Guarnere en William Guarnere en William Guarnere Sr. cs Wild Bill Guarnere cs William "Wild Bill" Guarnere cs Wild Bill hu William J. Guarnere hu William J. Guarnere törzsőrmester ko 가니어 ko 윌리엄 가니어 ko 빌 가니어 nl Bill Guarnere pt Bill Guarnere pt "Wild Bill" Guarnere pt William "wild bill" guarnere zh 威廉·加尼尔

🔖 Identifiers · 21

ISNI: 0000000117917649
VIAF cluster ID: 21591384
Library of Congress authority ID: n2007035904
CBDB.cz author ID: 216211
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 146342
FAST ID: 1675570
FamilySearch person ID: LRFK-XFH
Film.ru person ID: william-guarnere
Find a Grave memorial ID: 126101706
Freebase ID: /m/060rjd
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000073150201854
IMDb ID: nm1089892

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Kinobox person ID: 482680
NL CR AUT ID: pna20231192099
NUKAT ID: n2009080995
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 311813879
Open Library ID: OL3292881A, OL3260631A
SVKKL authority ID: 0430223-Guarnere-William-19232014
WikiTree person ID: Guarnere-1
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJrckWQrYfP9Rdwf4C6Myd
Yale LUX ID: person/0041109c-6874-4faf-bfeb-bb0b200d7bee

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

soldier, veteran, military personnel, paratrooper

Award received 3

Purple Heart, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Field of work 1

military affairs

Given name 1

William

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Military branch 1

United States Army

Military, police or special rank 1

Sergeant

Participated in conflict 1

World War II

Place of birth 1

Philadelphia

Place of death 1

Philadelphia

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

skydiving

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Band of Brothers

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Summary

William Guarnere was born on April 28, 1923^[1], in Philadelphia^[2]. He died on March 8, 2014^[3], in Philadelphia^[4]. He worked as a military personnel^[5], paratrooper^[6], soldier^[7], and veteran^[8].

FAQs

Where was William Guarnere born?

William Guarnere was born in Philadelphia^[2].

Where did William Guarnere die?

William Guarnere died in Philadelphia^[4].

What did William Guarnere do for work?

William Guarnere worked as a military personnel^[5], paratrooper^[6], soldier^[7], and veteran^[8].

What awards did William Guarnere receive?

Honors received include Bronze Star Medal^[14], Purple Heart^[15], and Silver Star^[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ William Guarnere — place of birth (P19): Philadelphia. cnn.com. cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ William Guarnere — place of death (P20): Philadelphia. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ William Guarnere — sex or gender (P21): male. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-28. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ William Guarnere — country of citizenship (P27): United States. usatoday.com. usatoday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ William Guarnere — field of work (P101): military affairs. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-29. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ William Guarnere — occupation (P106): military personnel. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ William Guarnere — occupation (P106): paratrooper. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-29. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ William Guarnere — occupation (P106): soldier. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-29. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ William Guarnere — occupation (P106): veteran. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-29. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ William Guarnere — place of burial (P119): SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ William Guarnere — award received (P166): Bronze Star Medal. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ William Guarnere — award received (P166): Purple Heart. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ William Guarnere — award received (P166): Silver Star. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ William Guarnere — military branch (P241): United States Army. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ William Guarnere — military, police or special rank (P410): Sergeant. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ William Guarnere — date of birth (P569): April 28, 1923. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ William Guarnere — date of birth (P569): 1923. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-28. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ William Guarnere — date of death (P570): March 8, 2014. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2014-03-09. nbcphiladelphia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ William Guarnere — date of death (P570): 2014. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-28. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ William Guarnere — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ William Guarnere — sport (P641): skydiving. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ William Guarnere — family name (P734): Guarnere. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ William Guarnere — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ William Guarnere — official website (P856): http://www.wildbillmemorial.org/. wildbillmemorial.org. wildbillmemorial.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ William Guarnere — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-06-29. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ William Guarnere — nickname (P1449): Wild Bill. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ William Guarnere — start of work period (P2031): 1942. wikidata.org.

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