HIS FATHER WAS A CIVIL WAR GENERAL AND HE WAS NAMED AFTER A LATIN AMERICAN HERO.
2006-12-09 02:03:16 · 6 answers · asked by caseygoodart 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Lt. General Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps
The highest ranking U.S. general killed by enemy fire was Lt. General Simon Bolivar, Jr. He was junior to Lt. General Lesley J. McNair, who was killed by U.S. bombers.
2006-12-09 07:24:05 · answer #1 · answered by King Midas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with Tommy Four...Five star General Patton ,
General of the Army!
The Mysterious Death: Patton was seriouly injured on December 9th, 1945. He was riding in a jeep when it was apparently struck by another Army vehicle. The driver of the large truck that hit Patton and details were never disclosed. Patton did survive the crash. On the way to the hospital, Patton's vehicle was then struck again by another two-ton Army truck. This time he was injured much more seriously, but still clung to life. Neither of these two truck drivers were arrested or even had their names disclosed. In June 1998, an elderly veteran came forward and claimed that he had witnessed the second accident The old soldier recalled that after the vehicles collided, Patton stumbled out. When the truck driver saw Patton still alive, he struck him several times with a 2 foot long pipe wrench. The cause of death is officially listed in Army medical records as embolism and heart failure. Reportedly, he asked his wife to remove him from the hospital because "They're going to kill me here". A year later Patton's wife Beatrice died one week after announcing she would release hundreds of Patton's personal papers regarding the war. An accomplished rider, she reportedly fell from her horse and died of a broken neck. Patton remains buried in Germany. The remains of this American hero were never brought to the US, and no autopsy was ever performed.
2006-12-09 02:27:43 · answer #2 · answered by CommanderJim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rodney writes: "Highest-Ranking US Army officer killed in WW2 was Simon Bolivar Buckner, a 4-star General. He certainly outranked 3-star Lieutenant-General Lesley J. McNair, highest-ranking US Army officer who died in the ETO. Anyway, being bumped off by your own side doesn't really count; Buckner was actually killed by Japanese shellfire."
-dh
2006-12-09 02:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would venture to guess it was George S. Patton who was injured just after the war in a car accident Dec. 9, 1945 and died on 21st December 1945
It depends on your definition of WWII and if this time peroid falls within it.
2006-12-09 02:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by tommyfourth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry. facts wrong
Buckner meets all of your requirements.
2006-12-09 02:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow I missed 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and 11!
2006-12-09 02:06:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋