Caperton, William Banks, ADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1919-1919, CNO - OPNAV
Service Years
1875 - 1921
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
Tennessee
Tennessee
 Year of Birth
1855
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Spring Hill, TN		 Last Address
Newport, RI
Date of Passing
Dec 21, 1941		  
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Section 2, Grave 887

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United StatesNational Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1914, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
  1941, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


Admiral William Banks Caperton held major posts ashore and afloat, chief of which were commanding the naval forces intervening in Haiti (1915–16) and Santo Domingo (1916), and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, from July 28, 1916, to April 30, 1919. He served actively until November 12, 1921.
   
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Admiral Caperton was the 10th CINCPACFLT.
   
  1919-1919, CNO - OPNAV

Rear Admiral Upper Half

From Month/Year
April / 1919
To Month/Year
June / 1919

Unit
CNO - OPNAV Unit Page

Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half
NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
 Patch
 CNO - OPNAV Details

CNO - OPNAV

Type
Shore Support 		 

Parent Unit
Major Commands
Strength
Center

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Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jun 16, 2010
   
   
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Rear Admiral Caperton
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CNO - OPNAV
Benson, William, ADM, (1873-1919) Admiral
Coontz, Robert Edward, ADM, (1881-1928) Admiral
Williams, Clarence Stewart, ADM, (1884-1927) Rear Admiral Upper Half
Craven, Thomas Tingey, VADM, (1896-1946) Captain
Belknap Jr., Charles, LCDR, (1903-1919) Commander
Blakely, Charles, VADM, (1898-1942) Commander
Bellinger, Patrick, VADM, (1907-1947) Lieutenant Commander
Hill, Harry Wilbur, ADM, (1911-1954) Lieutenant Commander
Pye, William Satterlee, VADM, (1901-1944) Lieutenant Commander
Whiting, Kenneth, CAPT, (1905-1943) Lieutenant Commander
Nimitz, Chester William, FADM, (1905-1966) OFF Commander
Thomas, William Nathaniel, RADM, (1918-1949) OFF 410X Lieutenant
Hayden, David Ephraim, PO3, (1917-1920) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Bogart, Humphrey Deforest, PO3, (1918-1919) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Brinser, Harry Lerch, RADM, (1898-1945) Captain
Reeves, Joseph Mason, ADM, (1894-1946) Captain
Draemel, Milo Frederick, RADM, (1906-1946) Commander
King, Frank Ragan, CDR, (1907-1919) Commander
McCRARY, Frank, CAPT, (1897-1936) Commander
McCRARY, Frank, CAPT, (1897-1936) Commander
Towers, John Henry, ADM, (1906-1947) Commander
Capehart, Wadleigh, CAPT, (1906-1946) Lieutenant
McIlwaine, Jr., Archibald Graham, LT, (1917-1919) Lieutenant
Sperry, Lawrence Burst, LT, (1916-1919) Lieutenant
VICKERY, Howard, VADM, (1915-1945) Lieutenant
Wilson, George Barry, RADM, (1914-1946) Lieutenant
HERNANDEZ, Victor, PO3, (1985-1989) Airman
Klein, John, CPO, (1919-1945) Fireman Recruit

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