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1883 – 1944Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944)Died 25 July 1944, aged 61US Army general who organised and trained the American ground forces for the Second World War. He was killed in Normandy when American bombs fell short during Operation Cobra. He was one of the highest-ranking Americans killed in the war.