Theodore E. Chandler
Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Died when: 50 years 12 days (600 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Theodore Edson Chandler (December 26, 1894 – January 7, 1945) was a Rear admiral of the United States Navy during World War II, who commanded battleship and cruiser divisions in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets.
He was killed in action when a Japanese kamikaze aircraft struck his flagship Louisville on January 6, 1945 in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands.
He died the next day January 7, 1945 from severely scorched lungs.He was one of five flag officers of the U.S.
Navy to die in World War II after Isaac C.Kidd, Norman Scott, Daniel J.Callaghan, and Henry M.Mullinnix.
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