WWII · Battle Death Record
Norman Scott
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy · Indiana
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Norman Scott
- Entered the Service From
- Indiana
- Rank
- Rear Admiral
- Service
- U.S. Navy
- Unit / Regiment
- Task Force 64, USS Atlanta (CL-51)
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- November 13, 1942
- Awards
- Medal of Honor, Purple Heart
- Burial / Memorial
- Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
- Grave
- Tablets of the Missing
Their story
Rear Admiral Norman Scott commanded a cruiser-destroyer task force and, as second in command, led U.S. forces during the night surface action of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on November 13, 1942. He was killed in action aboard his flagship, the light cruiser USS Atlanta (CL-51), when it was devastated by Japanese gunfire; buried at sea in Ironbottom Sound, his remains were never recovered and he is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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