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From: emery@linus.mitre.org (David Emery)
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Subject: Re: High-ranking Officers killed in Action
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Date: 2 Oct 90 23:48:22 GMT
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From: emery@linus.mitre.org (David Emery)

>From: ham@hpcc01.HP.COM (Bob Hamilton)
>For WWII, I think it was Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner (USA), killed
>during the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.
Nope.  It's General (4 stars) Leslie McNair, killed during the carpet
bombing prior to Cobra when U.S. bombs fell short.  McNair (an old
artilleryman) was quite deaf and didn't hear the incoming.  He was
there unofficially, and they kept his death a secret.  I think his son
was killed shortly before or after his death.  I think McNair was in
the ETO because he was being considered for the job of commander of
U.S. Army Ground Forces (Bradley's eventual job).  He came over from
the states where he was commander of the Ground Forces stateside (the
precedessor of what is now known as Army Forces Command).

A 4-star was killed in an auto accident in Korea (Walker?) and was
replaced by Ridgeway.  

At least 1 division commander (2-star) was killed in VietNam when his
helicopter was shot down.

				dave emery
				emery@aries.mitre.org