Clarence L. Tinker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Americana ir force general
Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1887
Place of Birth: Oklahoma, United States
Date of Death: 07-Jun-1942
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Clarence L. Tinker
- Major General Clarence Leonard Tinker (21 November 1887 – 7 June 1942) (Osage) was a career United States Army officer, the highest ranking Native-American officer and the first to reach that rank.
- During World War II, he had been assigned as Commander of the Seventh Air Force in Hawaii to reorganize the air defenses. He flew to lead a force during the Battle of Midway in June 1942; his plane went out of control and was lost in the ocean.
- He was the first U.S.
- Army general officer to be killed in World War II, and the second flag officer, after Rear Admiral Issac C.
- Kidd.
- Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is named in his honor.
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