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This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...
The list is drawn from three main sources: Warfare History Network, War on the Rocks, and The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers. The former two seem somewhere in between glorified blogs and specialists publications, and while the latter is definitely scholarly, it's a biographical dictionary which is all ...
Admiral Kidd was the first US flag officer to die during World War II and the first American admiral ever to be killed in action. [3] A National Historic Landmark , she is now a museum ship , berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana , and is the only surviving US destroyer still in her World War II configuration.
He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Jr. Kidd was killed on the bridge of USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The highest-ranking casualty at Pearl Harbor, he became the first U.S. Navy flag officer killed in action in World War II as well as the first killed in action against any foreign enemy.
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United States military personnel killed in action in World War II (1939–1945), including the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
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Van Thomas Barfoot (born Van Thurman Barfoot; June 15, 1919 – March 2, 2012) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.