| Birth: | Feb. 15, 1892 | | Death: | May 22, 1949 | 
US Secretary of Defense. U.S. Secretary of the Navy in 1944-47. U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1947-49. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York in 1944. He committed suicide by jumping from a window on the 16th floor, while a patient at Bethesda Naval Hospital. (bio by: Imagine)
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Children:
Peter O. Forrestal (1930 - 1982)*
*Calculated relationship
Cause of death: Suicide
Search Amazon for James Forrestal | | | Burial:
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arlington County
Virginia, USA
Plot: Section 30 Lot 674 Grid X-39 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 356 |
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Thank you Sir for Serving our Country so Diligently - God Bless You -
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Edward Tribou
Added: Apr. 7, 2013 |
James Forrestal:Sir thanks for being the first U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1947-49, happy 121st birthday!
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MFPS
Added: Feb. 15, 2013 |
Happy 121st birthday!
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Talbot Fisher
Added: Feb. 15, 2013 |
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