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Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Commander of Battleship Division One and the Chief of Staff and Aide, to the Commander, Battleship Battle Force. 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.

Captain Franklin Van Valkenburgh was the last captain of the USS Arizona (BB-39). He was killed when the Arizona exploded and sank during the attack.

2,402 Americans were killed.

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