Thomas Cassin Kinkaid - Arlington VA
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 52.920 W 077° 04.224
18S E 320414 N 4305719
Admiral US Navy. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet.
Waymark Code: WM12MTQ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2020
Views: 2
He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 5, Site 82.
Description:
Admiral U.S. Navy. From Find A Grave: A 1908 graduate of Annapolis Naval Academy, he began his naval career aboard battleships and his specific training was in ordnance engineering. After World War I he was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington DC. Prior to the US entry into WWII he commanded a squadron of destroyers. In 1942 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and was placed in command of the Pacific Fleet Cruiser Division, participating in the Solomon Islands Campaign. The following January Kinkaid was placed in command of the North Pacific Fleet and regained possession of the Aleutian Islands. In November of 1943 he was promoted to Vice Admiral and became Commander of Allied Naval Forces and Commander of the 7th Fleet directing the US Navy and the Royal Australian Navy in both the New Guinea Campaign and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. After World War II Kinkaid was the Commander of the Eastern Sea Frontier and was in charge of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. He retired from the navy in May of 1950.
Date of birth: 04/03/1888
Date of death: 11/17/1972
Area of notoriety: Military
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None
Fee required?: No
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