Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.
Military Person
1922 – 2004
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Who was Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.?
Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. was an African-American pioneer in the United States Navy — the first African American in the U.S. Navy to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become a flag officer, retiring as a vice admiral.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1922
Richmond - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Virginia Union University
- Columbia University
- Lived in
- Virginia
- Died
- Oct 22, 2004
Bethesda - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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