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From: ham@hpcc01.HP.COM (Bob Hamilton)
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Subject: Re: High-ranking Officers killed in Action
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From: ham@hpcc01.HP.COM (Bob Hamilton)

>  1) Who where the highest ranking officers killed in action during each
>  of the United State's military conflicts?  What rank did they hold at
>  the time of death?

For WWII, I think it was Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (USA), killed
during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.

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