Arnold Lyle Achilles was born on 29 October 1950, in Michigan, United States. He died on 29 October 1950, in Grant, Newaygo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Newaygo, Newaygo, Michigan, United States.
German: humanistic name or soldier's name, with reference to the prowess and near invulnerability of the classical Greek hero (Greek Achilleus), the leading warrior of the Greek army at the siege of Troy.
In some cases also an Americanized form of surnames in other languages based on the Greek name Achilleus, such as Italian and French Achille .
History: Heinrich Ludwig Achilles was born in c. 1746, probably in either Gremscheim or Ammenden, Germany. He emigrated from Brunswick (Braunschweig), and settled in Weare, NH, in 1776. He served in the Hessian army under General Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
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