Robert Leckie
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United States Marine and author (1920–2001)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920
- Died
- 2001
- Works
- 80
Top works
- Conflict in Korea
- Strong Men Armed
- Lord, what a family!
- The World War II reader
- The Story of Football
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1966-03-02
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 349
Tags
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Robert Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was an American author of books on United States military history, fiction, autobiography and children's books. As a young man, he served in the Marine Corps with the 1st Marine Division during World War II. His service as a machine gunner and a scout in the war greatly influenced his work. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/robert+leckie">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Purple Heart
- Field of work
- children's and young adult literature
- Conflict
- Guadalcanal campaign
- Military branch
- United States Marine Corps
- Military rank
- Private first class
- Image
- Robert Leckie.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1920-12-18
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Robert Leckie
- date of death
- 2001-12-24
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- allegiance
- United States
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- place of burial
- New Jersey
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