page_title: List of people from Texas
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Texas / Military/war / World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN Oil on canvas, 46.5" x 30", by Adrian Lamb, 1960.
context_page_description: The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.
context_section_description: Harlon Block (1924–1945), raised flag on Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima
  Romus Burgin (1922–2019), U.S. Marine, author
  Charles P. Cabell (1903–1971), U.S. Air Force general; later Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Agency
  Horace S. Carswell Jr. (1916–1944), Army Air Corps major, awarded Medal of Honor
  Claire Chennault (1893–1958), commander of "Flying Tigers"
  Robert G. Cole (1915–1944), soldier, won Medal of Honor for role in D-Day Normandy invasion
  Samuel David Dealey (1906–1944), U.S. Navy submarine commander, received Medal of Honor and other distinctions for valor
  Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), commander of Eighth Air Force in World War II
  Calvin Graham (1930–1992), youngest US serviceman of World War II
  Dean E. Hallmark (1914–1942), aviator, Army Air Corps 1st lieutenant, Doolittle Raid
  David Lee "Tex" Hill (1915–2007), fighter pilot, flying ace
  Oveta Culp Hobby (1905–1995), Colonel Women's Army Corps, first secretary of Department of Health, Education and Welfare
  James L. Holloway Jr. (1898–1984), U.S. Navy four-star admiral; Superintendent of U.S. Naval Academy
  Neel E. Kearby (1911–1944), fighter ace, Medal of Honor recipient
  Raymond L. Knight (1922–1945), aviator, Medal of Honor recipient
  Turney W. Leonard (1921–1944), Army officer, received Medal of Honor
  Felix Z. Longoria Jr. (1920–1945), Hispanic soldier KIA in the Philippines whose burial was refused in hometown, causing statewide debate
  Glenn McDuffie (1927–2014), sailor featured kissing nurse in Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photograph V-J Day in Times Square
  Doris Miller (1919–1943), Pearl Harbor hero, first African American to receive Navy Cross
  Audie Murphy (1924–1971), World War II hero, actor, Medal of Honor Recipient
  Chester Nimitz (1885–1966), commander of Allied naval forces in Pacific during World War II
  Richard Arvin Overton (1906–2018), U.S. Army sergeant; from May 2016 until his death was the oldest surviving American military veteran
  Bruce Palmer Jr. (1913–2000), U.S. Army officer, Chief of Staff of the United States Army during Vietnam War
  John L. Pierce (1895–1959), U.S. Army Brigadier General
  James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), D-Day commander of the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion, which stormed cliffs at Pointe du Hoc
  William H. Simpson (1888–1980), commander of U.S. Ninth Army in European Theater
  Lucian K. Truscott (1895–1965), U.S. Army General who held successive commands in European Theater
  Edwin Walker (1909–1993), U.S. Army Major General known for conservative views and attempted assassination target for Lee Harvey Oswald
  Walton Walker (1889–1950), U.S. Army general who served under Patton in European Theater and later in Korean War
caption: Chester Nimitz
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