Who was the highest ranking officer killed in the Civil war?

Johnston was the highest-ranking Confederate officer killed during the entire war….Albert Sidney Johnston.

General Albert Sidney Johnston
Born	February 2, 1803 Washington, Kentucky, US
Died	April 6, 1862 (aged 59) Shiloh, Tennessee
Buried	Texas State Cemetery

Who was the highest ranking soldier killed in Vietnam?

Robinson was killed during the Vietnam War in May 1972. To date, Greene is also the highest-ranking American officer to be killed in combat in the ongoing Global War on Terrorism….

Harold J. Greene
Buried	Arlington National Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1980–2014

Who was the last soldier killed in ww1?

Henry Nicholas John Gunther
Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and likely the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I….Henry Gunther.

Henry Nicholas Gunther
Born	June 6, 1895 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	November 11, 1918 (aged 23) Chaumont-devant-Damvillers, Meuse, France

Who was the highest ranking British officer killed in ww2?

Lieutenant-General Herbert William Lumsden
Lieutenant-General Herbert William Lumsden, CB, DSO & Bar, MC (8 April 1897 – 6 January 1945) was a senior British Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. He was the most senior British Army combat casualty of the Second World War.

Who was awarded the highest rank in the US armed forces?

General
The highest rank in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps is General (four star), followed by Lieutenant General (three star), Major General (two star) and Brigadier General (one star). Five men have held the rank of General of the Army (five star), George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D.