Sherman, Forrest Percival, ADM

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Admiral
Last Primary NEC
130X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Aeronautical - No Longer Pilot
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1942-1942, USS Wasp (CV-7)
Service Years
1914 - 1951
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Domain of the Emperor Penguin
Iwo Jima
Order of the Antarctic Circle
Order of the Rock
Order of the Spanish Main
Order of the Magellan
Order of the Golden Shellback
Panama Canal
Society of the South Pole
Admiral Admiral

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Home State
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
 Year of Birth
1896
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Merrimack
Date of Passing
Jul 22, 1951		  
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Sect.30, plot633

 Official Badges 

US Pacific Command


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Shellback Domain of the Emperor Penguin Cold War Medal Cold War Veteran




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1951, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


Forrest Percival Sherman was an admiral in the United States Navy and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations until Admiral Elmo Zumwalt in 1970. 

 Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, CNO of the United States Navy, died unexpectedly on 22 July 1951 in Naples, Italy, at the age of 54. Adm. Sherman had been touring the NATO defense area and visiting Admiral Robert B. Carney, Commander NATO Forces in southern Europe, as his last stop before returning to the United States. Admiral Sherman suffered a heart attack early in the morning and a second fatal heart attack just after noon.
   
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Two ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Forrest Sherman for Admiral Forrest Sherman.
   
  1937-1942, USS Ranger (CV-4)

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Commander
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USS Ranger (CV-4)

Hull number CV-4

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Ranger-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

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Last Updated: Jun 6, 2018
   
   
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USS Ranger (CV-4)
Bellinger, Patrick, VADM, (1907-1947) Captain
Durgin, Calvin Thornton, VADM, (1912-1951) Captain
Harrill, William Keene, VADM, (1914-1954) Captain
McCain, John Sidney, ADM, (1906-1945) OFF 131X Captain
Montgomery, Alfred Eugene, VADM, (1912-1951) Captain
Ballentine, John Jennings, ADM, (1917-1954) OFF Commander
Hardison, Osborne Bennett, VADM, (1915-1954) OFF 131X Commander
Hoskins, John Madison, VADM, (1921-1957) OFF Commander
Montgomery, Alfred Eugene, VADM, (1912-1951) Commander
POWNALL, Charles, VADM, (1910-1949) Commander
Sprague, Thomas Lamison, VADM, (1917-1952) OFF 132X Commander
Hammond, Keene G, LCDR, (1934-1945) Lieutenant Commander
O'Callahan, Joseph Timothy, CAPT, (1940-1953) OFF 410X Lieutenant Commander
RABY, John, RADM Lieutenant Commander
Sample, William Dodge, RADM, (1915-1945) OFF Lieutenant Commander
Winters, Theodore Hugh, CAPT, (1935-1961) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Bedilion, Robert William, CDR, (1918-1943) 00 00X Lieutenant
GATES, Thomas, CAPT, (1935-1953) Lieutenant
Micka, Edward, LT, (1939-1942) OFF 131X Lieutenant
RILEY, Herbert, VADM, (1927-1964) Lieutenant
Soucek, Apollo, VADM, (1921-1955) Lieutenant
Bennett, Samuel Beecher, CAPT, (1938-1966) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Burke, Francis Andrew, CAPT, (1938-1964) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Daub, John Justus, LTJG, (1936-1941) Lieutenant Junior Grade
McCuskey, E, CAPT, (1938-1965) Lieutenant Junior Grade
McVay, Woodie Lackland, LT, (1940-1944) OFF 131X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ricketts, Milton Ernest, LT, (1935-1942) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schneider, Earle Caffrey, LCDR, (1929-1943) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Schrader, Frederick Rutherford, CDR, (1931-1944) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Sharer, Walter Allen, LCDR, (1934-1943) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
SMITH, Armistead, CAPT, (1942-1972) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Berry, David Render, LCDR, (1939-1945) OFF 131X Ensign
Blount, Cecil Edward, LCDR, (1935-1955) Ensign
Dondero, Donald, LTJG Ensign
Duffy, Charles John, ENS, (1941-1942) Ensign
Hill, David, ENS, (1938-1941) Ensign
Mott, Charles, CAPT, (1937-1963) Ensign
Rector, Edward, ENS, (1939-1941) Ensign
White, Clarence Walter, C.G., (1915-1942) CWO CWO Chief Gunner (CWO)
Royer, Richard, CPO, (1941-1947) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Campbell, Barton M, CPO, (1940-1945) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Draper, Robert Clark, PO1, (1930-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Mannas, Oscar Victor, PO2, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Jackson, James, PO3, (1942-1946) SM SM-0000 Signalman 3rd Class
Wirth, John, LT, (1934-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Bell, Jack Omar, PO3, (1940-1943) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Nelson, Harry Harold, CPO, (1932-1953) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Whitman, Arnold, PO1, (1936-1942) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Brennan, James Charles, PO3, (1942-1946) Seaman First Class
Hasiak, John Joe, PO3, (1937-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Taylor, Edward M., S1c, (1935-1945) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Hedrick, Claude, PO3, (1936-1940) Seaman
Brassfield, Arthur, CAPT, (1937-1969) Midshipman
Fife, James Edward, CPO, (1940-1960) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Gearhart, James Evans, S2c, (1942-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Grafton, Ernest Oliver, S2c, (1941-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Langley, Wayne Lee, S1c, (1940-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Lyon, Basil W Richard, CPO, (1939-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Wilding, Robert Frederick, PO2, (1941-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class

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