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Two hours later, Petty Officer Frederick Williams also died. [2] Six crewmembers survived the crash, Aviation Radioman James H. Robbins, pilot Ralph "Frenchy" LeBlanc, co-pilot William Kearns, photographer Owen McCarty, Plane Captain J.D. Dickens, and Pine Island Captain H.H. Caldwell, a guest observer on the flight. They were rescued 13 days ...
four-star admiral. The rank of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 279 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy.
Engineer Rear-Admiral: William Thomas Hocken: Staff of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet: 28 August 1914 London, United Kingdom [18] [19] Rear-Admiral: Sir Christopher Cradock: 4th Cruiser Squadron: 1 November 1914 HMS Good Hope, Coronel: Killed in action [20] [21] Rear-Admiral William John Grogan: HMY Sapphire II: 14 March 1915 Portsmouth ...
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2025.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
General and flag officers who died of illness or natural causes are not included. The rank listed was at the time of their death. In 1954, the United States Congress passed Public Law 83-508, which promoted lieutenant generals who had commanded an army or Army Ground Forces during World War II to the rank of general .
William Anders, an Apollo astronaut who snapped the iconic 1968 “Earthrise” photo of the Earth while orbiting the moon, died at age 90 in a plane crash near the San Juan Islands on Friday ...
Japanese Navy admiral [110] Paul R. Norby: 1913–2015: 102: American Navy officer [111] Francis W. Nye: 1918–2019: 100: American Air Force major general [112] Sir Henry Oliver: 1865–1965: 100: British Admiral of the Fleet [113] Stylianos Pattakos: 1912–2016: 103: Greek military officer and politician, member of the Greek junta [114 ...
William Anders, an astronaut who was one of the first three people to orbit the moon, and who took the famous “Earthrise” photo, died Friday after a small plane he was in crashed in the water ...