Norman Scott
United States Navy admiral
Died when: 53 years 95 days (639 months)Star Sign: Leo
Norman (Nicholas) Scott (August 10, 1889 – November 13, 1942) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and was one of only two U.S.
Navy admirals killed in action during a surface battle in World War II.He was one of five flag officers of the U.S.
Navy to die in World War II, the others being Isaac C.Kidd, Daniel J.Callaghan, Henry M.Mullinnix, and Theodore E.
Chandler.He was killed along with many of his staff when the ship he was on - the USS Atlanta - was hit by gunfire from the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco during the nighttime fighting in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
Scott posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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