Officer

Explore the lives of notable figures who have served as Officers, shaping history and society. Discover their achievements, influential roles, and contributions to public service.

Paul William Bucha

Vietnam War Veteran

Frederick William Benteen

US Army officer, participant in the Civil War and Indian Wars

Lieutenant Colonel, Hero of the Soviet Union

Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters

Canadian officer, tank ace, commander of the Sherman Firefly tank

Joy Bright Hancock

American soldier, veteran of both world wars, one of the first female officers in the American Navy.

Pavel Shcherbatov

Lieutenant Colonel, participant in the Seven Years' War

Deputy Commander of the 2nd Guards Order of Lenin, Twice Red Banner, Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky

Polish officer, participant in the national liberation movement.

Nikolay Grigoryev

Ukrainian partisan, ataman of the UPR, then commander of the Red Army division

Vartan Sarkisyan

Armenian military and political figure

Non-commissioned officer of an SS tank unit

Eugeniy Erofeev

Russian officer, twice Knight of the Order of St. George

Philip Carteret

British officer, explorer and navigator.

Francisco Gil de Taboada

Spanish naval officer and colonial official

Japanese naval officer during the Meiji era

Commander of the 26th SS Division, then XVII SS Corps

Sabyr Sarygozhin

Captain of the Russian Imperial Army

John Mark Dougan

A former US police officer who asked

Hamzya Bogdanov

Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Colonel

Finnish journalist, former lieutenant in the Tsarist army, chief of staff of the Red Guard in Helsinki

Berek Joselewicz

Polish officer, rebel and participant in the Napoleonic Wars

German officer, General of the Infantry during World War II

German soldier in Russian service.

German tank ace of World War II

Commander of the 4th Cavalry Division of the 1st Cavalry Army

German officer during World War II, division commander

Soviet officer, commander of the 7th battery of the 137th artillery regiment

Press Secretary of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since March 18, 2024

William Sitgreaves Cox

American military man.

A career officer in the US Army who fought in the Civil War and the Indian Wars.

Obersturmführer of the Latvian SS Volunteer Legion.

William Walter Leake

American Civil War Confederate Army officer, Freemason, lawyer, county judge, and bank president.

Alexander Vaganov

Soviet serviceman, guard major, Hero of the Soviet Union

Romanian officer, master of tank combat, participant in World War II

Nikolay Gantimurov

Officer of the Russian Empire, participant in the defense of Port Arthur

Israeli officer

Charles Pierre Laboulaye

French technician and writer

Richard Heron Anderson

A career US Army officer who fought in the Mexican War.

Julius Kuperjanov

Estonian military leader, lieutenant

German officer, participant in World War II, SS Obersturmbannführer

Commander of the foot reconnaissance platoon of the 116th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Lieutenant

US Army officer, participant in the Civil War and Indian Wars

Alexander Kudevita

Estonian military man, major

Lieutenant Colonel, infantryman, Hero of the Soviet Union

Hans Hermann Katte

Lieutenant of the Prussian army

Douglas Abbott Macgregor

Military theorist, retired US Army colonel, writer

Vasiliy Koshelev

Participant of the Great Patriotic War

Franz Griesbach

German infantry officer, participant in the First and Second World Wars

German officer, participant in the First and Second World Wars, Brigadeführer and Major General of the SS troops, holder of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.