How many US Generals or Admirals died in World War 2?

Answer 1

Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CG Tenth Army, killed June 18, 1945 on Okinawa. (Posthumously promoted to General in 1954.)

Rear Adm. Daniel J. Callahan, killed November 13, 1942 aboard USS San Francisco (CA-38) at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, killed December 7, 1941 aboard USS ARIZONA (BB-39) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

Lt. Gen. Leslie J. McNair, CG Army Ground Forces (training & doctrine), killed July 25, 1944 in France by "friendly fire" (posthumously promoted to General in 1954). His son, Colonel Douglas McNair, chief of staff of the 77th Infantry Division, was killed two weeks later by a sniper on Guam.

Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, CG, 3rd Armored Division, killed in action in Germany on March 30, 1945.

Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., ADC, 4th Infantry Division, July 12, 1944 (heart attack). Roosevelt suffered from severe arthritis (walked with a cane) and diagnosed heart problems. He was the only general officer to land with the first wave on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on that day.

Rear Adm. Norman Scott, killed November 13, 1942 aboard USS ATLANTA (CL-51) at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

Brig. Gen. James Wharton, CG 28th Infantry Division, killed in France on August 12, 1944.

"Nearly 1,100 U.S. Army generals served at some point during World War II, and of those about 40 died during or immediately following the war. Not all were in combat units, and some were not in enemy territory when they died.

Of these generals, at least 11 were killed in action or died of wounds from hostile actions, two were executed by the Japanese while POWs, four were killed in plane crashes, one was killed by friendly fire, and five died of natural causes, including two of heart attacks. The remainder died of various causes in the first few months after the end of hostilities."

Answer 2

During the war itself there were only three, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Admiral Nimitz. After the war Omar Bradley got a fifth and so, I think, did George Marshal. Michael Montagne

General Marshall actually received his 5th star during the war, days before MacArthur and Eisenhower received theirs, as follows:

General of the Army George C. Marshall: December 16, 1944

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur: December 18, 1944

General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower: December 20, 1944

General of the Army Henry H. Arnold: December 21, 1944 (Redesignated General of the Air Force pursuant to Public Law 58, 81st Congress, approved May 7, 1949):

General of the Army Omar N. Bradley: September 20, 1950

During WWII there were 7 officers with 5 stars! 3 in the Navy: Fleetadmiral William D. Leahy Fleetadmiral Ernest J. King Fleetadmiral Chester W. Nimitz all with date of rank December 15, 1944 3 in the Army: General of the Army George C. Marshall December 16, 1944 General of the Army Douglas C. MacArthur December 18, 1944 General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower December 20, 1944 1 in the Army Air Corps: General of the Army Henry H. Arnold December 21, 1944* after the war 2 more officers got a fifth star: Fleetadmiral William F. Halsey jr. December 11, 1945 General of the Army Omar N. Bradley September 20, 1950

• became General of the Air Force May 7, 1949

Answer 3

Nine. Army: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Henry H. (Hap) Arnold (Army Air Forces) Navy: Ernest J. King, William D. Leahy, Chester W. Nimitz in December 1944. In December 1945, after the war was over, William F. Halsey received his fifth star. In 1950, after General Arnold's death, Omar N. Bradley was promoted to five-star rank.

Answer 4

Leahy, Marshall, King, MacArthur, Nimitz, Eisenhower, Arnold, Halsey and Bradley in that order.

Dewey, Pershing, and Washington got 6 stars.

If the Invasion of Japan during WW2 had proceeded as scheduled, Chester A. Nimitz was slated for promotion to the 6 star rank to end any ambiguity as to who was in command. The atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended that requirement.

Henry H. "Hap" Arnold is the only US Officer to hold the five star rank in two services, having been a General of the Army and the only General of the Air Force.

Answer 5

There were a total of 12 four star generals during World War II. There were also 13 four star admirals during the war.

Answer 6

Nine, but three outranked them, Washington, Pershing and Dewey.

Answer 7

15

Answer 8

9

Answer 9

nine