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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 ...
During World War II, the President was authorized to create as many admirals and vice admirals as he deemed necessary for the duration of the emergency. Most of these new creations retired at the end of the war, having been promoted to reward service in the fleet or headquarters, or to achieve parity with wartime counterparts.
It includes United States Navy admirals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "United States Navy World War II admirals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total.
William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. (30 October 1882 – 16 August 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II.He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz.
Eugene B. Fluckey – rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II; Gerald Ford – former U.S. President; served aboard carrier during World War II; Edmund Giambastiani – 7th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chester William Nimitz (/ ˈ n ɪ m ɪ t s /; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy.He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
Thomas Lamison Sprague (October 2, 1894 – September 17, 1972) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy, who served during World War II as commander of the aircraft carrier Intrepid and took part in the battles of Guam, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa.
Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", [1] was a United States Navy rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II.