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Born | Annapolis, Maryland, US | December 26, 1894
Died | January 7, 1945 KIA in the Pacific theatre | (aged 50)
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Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1915–1945 |
Rank | Rear admiral |
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Spouse(s) | Beatrice Bowen Fairfax Chandler |
Children | Theodora Edson Chandler |
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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 the last of five US Navy admirals killed in battle during WWII, including: Isaac C. Kidd (1941, Attack on Pearl Harbor); Norman Scott and Daniel J. Callaghan (same day, 1942, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal); and Henry M. Mullinnix (1943, Battle of Makin).[1]